I Can Take You To The Sun...

... One of my fave bands from the 60's are the Misunderstood. They originated from Riverside Ca, originally playing some pretty hard Bristish Invasion type gear. Soon enough their songs started to have a mystical psych quality which with the addition of Glen Campbell's lap steel had a sound like no others. They caught the ear of a young English DJ at a local radio station (our very own John Peel) who persuaded them to move to England. Unfortunately soon afterwards their singer Rick Brown was called up to Vietnam and promptly went on the lam *tha is a story in itself). There is a great book written by Brown and Mike Stax (of the fabulous Ugly Things mag) called 'Like, Misunderstood'. Can't find any live footage....but here's a tune...