Bar Room Preacher is an album by the American musician Jimmy Johnson, released in 1985. It was first released in France under the title Heap See. Johnson supported the album with a North American tour.
Recorded in Paris, the album was produced by Disques Black and Blue. Johnson wrote three of its songs. "Chicken Heads" is a cover of the Mighty Joe Young song. "Cold, Cold Feeling" is a version of the T-Bone Walker song. "You Don't Know What Love Is" was written by Fenton Robinson.
The Chicago Tribune called the album "good, ol' fashioned, head hangin' Chicago blues". The Whig-Standard said that "Johnson's voice, his chief strength, has the timbre of a young B.B. King's, although it's more expressive; it's at its best on such slow numbers ... Johnson captures painful sentiments without wimping out". The Los Angeles Times praised his "stinging guitar and distinctive, high-pitched vocals".
The Winnipeg Sun called the album "a mix of classic gutbucket blues and multi-influenced originals". The Houston Post appreciated that Johnson was one of the few blues musicians who excelled at both singing and playing guitar, with one skill not outshining the other. The Reno Gazette-Journal stated that Johnson "has a clean, warm tone and he swings and soars across the bar lines like a jazz horn player".