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"California Man" is a song by British rock and roll band The Move. It was written by the band's guitarist/vocalist Roy Wood, who has said he wrote it as a pastiche of Little Richard (Wood's favourite musician of the time) and Jerry Lee Lewis (Move pianist/guitarist/vocalist Jeff Lynne's favourite musician at the time).
California Man", a No. 7 UK hit [8] —featuring baritone saxophones, a double bass, and a riff borrowed from George Gershwin—was an affectionate tribute to Jerry Lee Lewis (the double bass had Lewis's nickname, "Killer", written on it) and Little Richard, with Lynne and Wood trading verses and lines.
Encino Man (also known as California Man in several territories) [5] is a 1992 American comedy film directed by Les Mayfield in his directorial debut.The film stars Sean Astin, with a supporting cast of Brendan Fraser, Mariette Hartley, Richard Masur, Pauly Shore, Megan Ward, Robin Tunney, Michael DeLuise, and Jonathan Ke Quan in his last American feature film until 2021. [2]
The song "Do Ya," recorded in these sessions and released by The Move as the B-side to "California Man," also later became a hit single for ELO from their 1976 album A New World Record. The lengthy sessions for this album mostly involved only Wood and Lynne, because of all the overdubbing.
Written by Jeff Lynne in 1971, it was one of two songs featured on the B-side of the UK hit "California Man" credited to The Move (the other was Roy Wood's "Ella James"). In the US the B-side proved to be more popular than the A and so the song became The Move's only hit in the US albeit a minor one (number 93 on the Hot 100 chart). [3]
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"Surrender" was the only song from this album released on the original version of the 1979 live album Cheap Trick at Budokan. On the 1998 reissue At Budokan: The Complete Concert, three additional songs from this album were included - "Auf Wiedersehen", "High Roller" and "California Man".
A Western rattlesnake, also known as Northern Pacific rattlesnake. The species is rarely found in Southern California, but a man in the Mojave Desert received one in the mail.