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ultralite001

(2,042 posts)
Fri Aug 15, 2025, 11:43 PM Aug 15

Mason Williams... Classical Gas

Not only is Mason Williams a classical guitarist + poet, he was a comedy writer on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour,
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour + Saturday Night Live...


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Mason Williams... Classical Gas (Original Post) ultralite001 Aug 15 OP
I once saw him play this song on a show dweller Aug 16 #1
You Might Enjoy This ProfessorGAC Aug 16 #4
That I would love to see!!! ultralite001 Aug 16 #2
I Never Pass Up A Chance To Hear This Song ProfessorGAC Aug 16 #3
He plays like my son plays... ultralite001 Aug 16 #5

dweller

(27,080 posts)
1. I once saw him play this song on a show
Sat Aug 16, 2025, 12:40 AM
Aug 16

I’ve never seen a video of it , but he was playing what must have been a glass or lucite guitar , about 1/2 full of water with a goldfish swimming in it .

Have never seen it again , but then haven’t looked online for it either .

🤔


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ProfessorGAC

(74,377 posts)
4. You Might Enjoy This
Sat Aug 16, 2025, 12:21 PM
Aug 16

Classical Gas, but just one guitar played by one of best ever, Tommy Emmanuel.
Take a great song, let a great player interpret it, and this is what you get.

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ProfessorGAC

(74,377 posts)
3. I Never Pass Up A Chance To Hear This Song
Sat Aug 16, 2025, 12:14 PM
Aug 16

Love this particular clip, with all the cardboard cutouts of Mason as the orchestra.
Alas, even thought he's playing the guitar part dead on, we don't hear him playing live.
There's no mic on his guitar, so everything we're hearing is the record.
Not complaining; merely observing.

ultralite001

(2,042 posts)
5. He plays like my son plays...
Sat Aug 16, 2025, 03:54 PM
Aug 16

All 💛💙🧡... + showmanship...

Delighted to see this 🧡💛💙 being honed in the g-kids...

Thanks again for the clip... it did my 🧡💛💙 good...

Enjoy your weekend...

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