Two great musicians, John Lee Hooker and Carlos Santana, on one great record. Nothing much to say about this apart from that it’s just shear class…, so laid back that you’ll be on the floor listening to it. Carlos Santana is an all time favourite of mine, seen him play live three times over the years and each time he was awesome, one of the best as far as I’m concerned.., but more of him later. And John Lee Hooker is, quite simply, a blues legend…, so you would expect nothing other than quality from each of them. Put them together and you end up with some of the coolest music you’ll hear… The Healer is one such song.
The song is from a 1989 album, called The Healer, which features some great artists collaborating with Hooker… this is without doubt my favourite from the album and would rank highly in my desert island collection. No more needs to be said.., it’s just needs to be posted and listened to, because it’s brilliant.
Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to see Santana live in concert even when he was in my hometown:/ but I consider him a real guitar master… That’s a really good song you’ve posted here – it’s becoming harder and harder to get a hang of those old recordings…