California Waiting California Waiting "California Waiting" is the fourth single taken from the "Youth and Young Manhood" album by the American rock band Kings of Leon. An alternate version of the song appears on their debut release, the EP "Holy Roller Novocaine". This version was recorded in a rush to finish the record. The band didn't like the outcome, so they recorded a new version, which is found on "Youth and Young Manhood". However, on Kings of Leon's VH1 Storytellers performance, Caleb Followill stated before playing California Waiting that "We kind of sabotaged it on our album, and tried to play it
Flaming Youth (band) a band to record an album they were working on, so they changed their name to Flaming Youth. They released the album "Ark 2" in 1969. In November, "New Musical Express" reported that the concept album was the subject of an hour-long television special, which the group had filmed in the Netherlands. The LP was released on Fontana Records in the UK to some critical but no commercial success. There was also a follow-up single recorded, "Man, Woman, and Child". The band had difficulty getting gigs; organist Rod Mayall (John Mayall's brother) briefly joined the band before they broke up