"Natural Remedies" is the second full-length album from St. Louis' own supremely soulful singer/songwriter himself - the genuine article: Al Holliday. Here we have a man who is undoubtedly, as Thelonious Monk liked to say, most like himself - and a band - that hits like a sledgehammer. The record was cut live to analog tape by the nine young men and women that are The East Side Rhythm Band - using equal parts blood, sweat and tears with equal parts Fried Chicken and Potato Salad. The musicality of this group is a truly inspired, natural blend of sounds - stirred by the raw power of Joe Cocker, the soulful reverence of Mahalia Jackson, the organic artistry of Van Morrison, the down-home essence of Taj Mahal, the timeless songwriting of Leon Russell, all played with the edge that only comes from The East Side's own: Ike and Tina Turner. "Natural Remedies" is a true revelation of an artist - and an undeniable document of the crew that is The East Side Rhythm Band - teeming with striking liveliness in every cut and searing performances, captured live in the studio. Certainly not a bad follow-up to 2013's "Made it Through the Mill, Again" - a "startling debut from a 25-year old white guy singing like a sanctified soul shouter." (Riverfront Times, Christian Schaeffer) - which since it's release, Holliday has traveled across the country with the band, been named St. Louis' "Best R&B Artist" and "Best Male Vocalist", and has come on - hands down - as one of the region's hottest acts - and judging by what they are puttin' down: Sho' ain't no doubt - they' temperature is risin'. 1. Full Grown* (3:06) 2. Oliver Sain's 3 a.m. Soul Serenade* (3:35) 3. Bring Your Troubles to the City* (3:07) 4. Just Like That (2:56) 5. Natural Remedies* (3:15) 6. Come Tru (3:31) 7. Right Thru Me (3:33) 8. Turnin' Around (5:16) 9. The Times (4:03) 10. There Ain't But the One Way* (7:01) 11. Sho' Ain't No Doubt (4:47) Al Holliday - Vocals, Piano, Electric Piano, Organ, Guitar Ryan Torpea - Trumpet Zac Minor - Tenor Sax Derick Tramel - Bari Sax Josiah Joyce - Guitar, Vocals Caleb Klingler - Bass, Vocals Neil Ghanti - Drums Molly Simms - Vocals Emily Wallace - Vocals * featuring Adam Hucke on Trumpet