The Healer [Gold CD]

John Lee Hooker | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 21, 1992)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Gold CD
• Label: Mobile Fidelity
• ASIN: B000000IS9
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #282,154 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

From Grove Press Guide to Blues on CD

Hooker crosses over successfully into the pop market with assistance from progeny Bonnie Raitt, Carlos Santana, Robert Cray, Los Lobos, George Thorogood, Charlie Musslewhite, and fifth- or sixth-generation Canned Heat. The most fetching encounters are with Raitt ('I'm in the Mood") and Santana (the title track). On his own, the Hook cuts right to the bone with three typically sensual affirmations. -- © Frank John Hadley 1993

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you can find it... BUY IT!!, December 15, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Healer (Audio CD)

Received this when it first came out and have loaned to countless number of friends. all reviews come back outstanding! Classic Hooker with a little bit of flare from each of the artists involved. kick back and enjoy.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stands up to repeated listening, May 19, 2010

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This review is from: The Healer (Audio CD)

Excellent recording. I have an audiophile's dream stereo system and every nuance of the recording is revealed. Stands up to repeated listening. The title track, The Healer is outstanding in every regard. If you enjoy the blues, you'll love this album.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Definitive Best of John Lee Hooker for blues lovers, March 23, 2010

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David G. Lucas (Tsukuba Japan, Chicago IL, Milwaukee WI, Monroe WI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Healer (Audio CD)

I've been waiting over twenty years to write a review of a John Lee Hooker album, just trying to catch up on all the recordings available and liking it all, diverging into all the artists whose careers Johnny Lee inspired like George Thorogood, Rolling Stones, Bonnie Raitt, Van Morrison, Fleetwood Mac, Eric Clapton, and I got lost in it all... and then in the last nine years I've been in mourning for this great great man who lived the Blues genre all his life and brought us one of the most unique sounds ever recorded to American music. You know it well, that first riff from Boom Boom Boom, it's an American icon, a symbol of our originality, our power, our voice. Oh man, what a voice. No one has ever matched Johnny Lee in raw Blues power when he yelled out "Hey-eeeh-yeah!" after the chorus and you knew the accompanying guitar player had to take it home from there. Well, after actually listening to and loving each and every one of the available John Lee Hooker recordings, I can say this is his best, infused with love from excellent accompaniment a la Carlos Santana, Bonnie Raitt, Los Lobos, George Thorogood, Robert Cray, Roy Rogers, so many others. The engineering by Sam Lehmer, Jim Gaines, Mark Lynette is superb, delicate, clean, raw. You can say clean & raw in the same phrase when you think sexy and heartfelt. You can still get a copy from collectors, very much worth pursuing. I've got two, not for sale.