The American Revolution - Love has got me down (1968)

The American Revolution were a short-lived psych-pop band out of California that released one album, 1968’s The American Revolution. The band was made up by Richard Barcelona (guitar, vocals), Daniel Derda (drums), Ebbie Haddad (keyboards, vocals), and John Keith (bass, vocals). The albums was produced by Harley Hatcher and is quite heavily orchestrated with vocal harmonies. Hatcher was an exploitation film composer and a member of Mike Curb’s gang. Hatcher was also an army friend of Elvis Presley and sand in ad-hoc groups with the legendary singer. Barcelona and Keith would later play in the band Edge who issued an album in 1970.