The Well is the twenty-seventh studio album by American blues singer and harmonica player Charlie Musselwhite.

It was his first release on the Alligator Records label since his 1993 album In My Time.

In the title song, he credits Jessica McClure's ordeal as a child trapped in a well for over 58 hours in 1987 for inspiring him to quit drinking, stating, She was trapped in there with a broken arm in the dark, in a life-and-death situation.

So as a prayer to her and myself, I decided I wasn't going to drink till she got out of that well.

It was like I was tricking myself, telling myself that I wasn't going to quit for good, just until she got out.