Mason Williams performs in 13WHAM studio

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  • Опубликовано: 19 июл 2021
  • From 2008: An interview and performance by guitarist Mason Williams, accompanied by John Doan. They were in Rochester to perform at the German House, celebrating 40 year anniversary of "Classical Gas."

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  • @chrishawyes1476
    @chrishawyes1476 5 месяцев назад +21

    In 100 years people will still be playing and loving Classical Gas.

  • @carolynnadey56
    @carolynnadey56 2 года назад +74

    This man is a genius, I am so glad I was a young person when this man recorded this song.

    • @savage22bolt32
      @savage22bolt32 10 месяцев назад +1

      I was a freshman in high school. Loved it the very first time I heard it on AM radio!

    • @Pharoset
      @Pharoset 5 месяцев назад +1

      Thomas Edison was a genius; Mason is a good songwriter.

    • @lindawright6104
      @lindawright6104 5 месяцев назад

      Me too!!

  • @Gratefulman1965
    @Gratefulman1965 10 месяцев назад +19

    Mason is a fellow Oregonian. He lives not far from my home. Incredible talent and he is dearly loved up here in the PNW.🪽

    • @mrfriz4091
      @mrfriz4091 3 месяца назад +1

      How lucky you are! I’m in Washington State. Where in Oregon?

  • @scottcooper578
    @scottcooper578 5 месяцев назад +8

    Classical Gas...AWESOME guitar...NEVER gets old!

  • @drwooly
    @drwooly Год назад +37

    My all-time favorite song to listen to. Vividly remember seeing and hearing it on the Smothers Bros. Show. Drags me through the gamut of emotions. This clip is fantastic!!

  • @JamesJones-mm2nm
    @JamesJones-mm2nm 6 месяцев назад +12

    It premiered on the Smothers brothers comedy hour!I was there!

    • @cynthiaaiken2424
      @cynthiaaiken2424 3 месяца назад

      No way!!!!

    • @cynthiaaiken2424
      @cynthiaaiken2424 3 месяца назад +1

      RIP Tommy

    • @ea42455
      @ea42455 Месяц назад

      Yep... I remember that Smothers Brothers airing very well. A one second video montage of classical works of art accompanied the instrumentals. Made an impression in me that's lasted over 50 years!

  • @Rocky-ry6uw
    @Rocky-ry6uw 5 месяцев назад +6

    Love this song, so many memories.

  • @shedsuck
    @shedsuck Год назад +32

    Arguably the most beautiful guitar song ever.

  • @cynthiaaiken2424
    @cynthiaaiken2424 3 месяца назад +3

    Looks great! Sounds great!

  • @erikkibler3466
    @erikkibler3466 5 месяцев назад +4

    What a cool guy too.awesome

  • @cvcoco
    @cvcoco 6 месяцев назад +6

    Amazing how his playing takes me right back to the first day it was on the radio.

    • @lindawright6104
      @lindawright6104 5 месяцев назад

      I picture myself dancing to Classical Gas and on the picture screen is life as it began w/God creating the beauty of creation, the birds, animals, fish in the waters and Adam and Eve and then the Fall. The Good News is that God sent his only begotten Son that whosoever believes in him shall not perish but have ever lasting life: John 3:16.

  • @boyanaskrbic
    @boyanaskrbic 11 месяцев назад +4

    And today, June 27, 2023, I heard Classical Gas in Marcin's version, in a RUclips short. I had to dive on the net and I got here and found that I knew this from my youth, but not the artist.
    Life has many turns. Best regards from Chile ☺️💖🇨🇱

  • @Kanakid
    @Kanakid 5 месяцев назад +4

    Just love this! Brings back so many memories.

  • @winstongoodman3244
    @winstongoodman3244 6 месяцев назад +4

    Hes still got it!!!. This is one of my all time favorites

  • @cdjhyoung
    @cdjhyoung 6 месяцев назад +3

    Mason Williams was a comedy writer for the Smothers Brothers. He had a pretty good side gig composing this piece of great music.

  • @warren52nz
    @warren52nz 7 месяцев назад +14

    I've been playing Classical Gas note for note the same on stage since it was released. Love it and so does everyone else.

  • @robbiet8583
    @robbiet8583 9 месяцев назад +7

    Loved the duo!
    Great entertainers and we hear Classical Gas after all these years. Can’t ask for more.

  • @ruthlibert9527
    @ruthlibert9527 Год назад +7

    My god is Mason Williams is the very best!

  • @irishdivajeffries6668
    @irishdivajeffries6668 4 месяца назад +2

    Mason Williams went on to be the head writer of SNL!

  • @soundknight
    @soundknight 6 месяцев назад +5

    I hope they recorded an album together, this is my favourite version I have heard.

  • @davida.p.9911
    @davida.p.9911 11 месяцев назад +10

    😎👏👏👏👏 Amazing!! Love the song and the music!! Classical gas is one of my favorite guitar pieces!! And I really enjoy the old time Middle Ages sound. 🎵

  • @alvarojr.339
    @alvarojr.339 6 месяцев назад +2

    I love this song Classical Gas with one of my idols, the great Glen Campbell..

  • @skiporbit
    @skiporbit 5 месяцев назад +1

    Thanks y'all, that is awsome

  • @MCeleste56
    @MCeleste56 10 месяцев назад +4

    The man can be on his head playing his wonderful song, and still be great!! ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @rondimmerman8923
    @rondimmerman8923 6 месяцев назад +1

    I was 16 that summer of ‘68, and his recording was played frequently on the radio, and I bought the 45. Loved it.
    John Doan is a great guitarist and teacher. I contacted him in 6/1983 about lessons at Willamette, but was referred to another very good teacher, Walt Lawry of Salem. 8:32

  • @markrogers7546
    @markrogers7546 2 года назад +11

    Love it!! I want to hear the rest!! Love the mouth trumpet.

  • @manny4552
    @manny4552 11 месяцев назад +6

    I have the 45 record...its such a great song... classical gas

  • @Jim-ku6ry
    @Jim-ku6ry 6 месяцев назад +8

    One hit wonder.... But damn what a hit....

  • @secretagent86
    @secretagent86 7 месяцев назад +3

    Maestro ❤❤❤

  • @lineshaftrestorations7903
    @lineshaftrestorations7903 6 месяцев назад +2

    Some music is timeless.

  • @joej7527
    @joej7527 2 года назад +7

    Best musician and creative genius ever!

  • @ACOUSTIC_4LOVE
    @ACOUSTIC_4LOVE 6 месяцев назад +1

    A friend in our neighborhood that played a classical guitar was pretty good picker 4 years older than me. Influenced me. In playing 1969’ into early 70s. Mason Williams was his cousin

  • @theverseshed
    @theverseshed Месяц назад +1

    Best version of this, for me, by Mason is when he recorded it 100% solo with no other instruments.

  • @cynthiaaiken2424
    @cynthiaaiken2424 3 месяца назад

    So beautiful I started crying

  • @michaelortman4599
    @michaelortman4599 3 месяца назад

    GREAT!!!!!

  • @WarrenNelson-dy3qb
    @WarrenNelson-dy3qb 7 месяцев назад +1

    got to know Mason over the years he was my mentor and still is

  • @harryhope5492
    @harryhope5492 9 месяцев назад +2

    the great Mason Wiliam's

  • @jimclarke1108
    @jimclarke1108 6 месяцев назад +1

    Legend

  • @amandahutcheson301
    @amandahutcheson301 8 месяцев назад +1

    My favorite ❤

  • @btbb3726
    @btbb3726 5 месяцев назад

    Very nice to see! 👍🏻

  • @lw216316
    @lw216316 10 месяцев назад +1

    like the close ups of Mason playing...so I'm inspired to finish learning it...I learned the first few bars many years ago and then got side tracked....I'm going to leave out the horn part🤪

  • @strata114
    @strata114 3 месяца назад

    ...... almost 60 years ago 🎵🎤🎶

  • @jimsmith4763
    @jimsmith4763 5 месяцев назад

    Love the gas!!!

  • @shermanhofacker4428
    @shermanhofacker4428 Год назад +4

    The harp/guitar could be an acoustic version of junior brown's electrical!

  • @bccoregon
    @bccoregon 9 месяцев назад +4

    I would just add that if you like this song, you would no doubt enjoy the version Glen Campbell does live while backed by an orchestra. And as for me, I really favour the guitar tones from Ovation CE guitars that Glen favoured later in his career.

  • @mitchellpugh497
    @mitchellpugh497 11 месяцев назад

    Awesome 😊

  • @keetrandling4530
    @keetrandling4530 2 месяца назад

    "I get to blow my own horn now..."!

  • @soundknight
    @soundknight 6 месяцев назад

    😆 love the movie mouth trumpet!

  • @TRICK-OR-TREAT236
    @TRICK-OR-TREAT236 Год назад +3

    WELL I GUESS IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE GAS IT MIGHT AS WELL BE CLASSICAL. 😂😂😂

  • @user-gy1tm2jc6d
    @user-gy1tm2jc6d 3 месяца назад

    Its gorgeous, but the "B" side, Long Time Blues, is also good! 😊

  • @kennethpack1963
    @kennethpack1963 Месяц назад +1

    Mason has aged well....

  • @CatDaddySteve
    @CatDaddySteve 8 месяцев назад +1

    😊

  • @hannah4peace
    @hannah4peace 3 месяца назад

    Saw him with Ian and sylvia in a little coffee house in tustin. He played moose goosers

  • @selwynkatz519
    @selwynkatz519 17 дней назад

    Is that a Hauser that Mason plays?

  • @hereandthere9023
    @hereandthere9023 6 месяцев назад +2

    Mason did some other fun songs too. 🙂

  • @mcdugalmcstiffy6889
    @mcdugalmcstiffy6889 Год назад +4

    Is it just me, or is the harp guitar terrifying looking?

  • @neil2550
    @neil2550 6 месяцев назад

    Cool

  • @robertbolding4182
    @robertbolding4182 6 месяцев назад +2

    Let's make it all about the two women

    • @blakeschreckenbach679
      @blakeschreckenbach679 6 месяцев назад +1

      The women interrupting them for the sake of hearing their own voices.

  • @a.j.nemeth2966
    @a.j.nemeth2966 4 месяца назад

    WTAE News Channel 4 Pittsburgh used it as their news theme.

  • @mrfriz4091
    @mrfriz4091 3 месяца назад +1

    How about the Prince’s Panties. Great song

  • @bobkeane7966
    @bobkeane7966 5 месяцев назад

    This was the opening to Big Time Wrestling the predecessor to WWE.

  • @wandamundy1759
    @wandamundy1759 4 месяца назад

    OMG - If ANYone "redefined" the guitar - that would have been Django Reinhardt and/or Julian Bream - who I saw in concert in the late 1960s.

  • @DwightWalker
    @DwightWalker 3 месяца назад

    like harp guitar - never heard or seen anything like it

  • @jan_phd
    @jan_phd 5 месяцев назад

    First major song I learned.

  • @TRHARTAmericanArtist
    @TRHARTAmericanArtist 9 месяцев назад +4

    Except for these two dopey women I really enjoyed
    the upload . Thank you.

  • @markreiser1898
    @markreiser1898 6 месяцев назад

    I’m a DeadHead….me and Jerry loved this set🤡

  • @magnusjonasson1987
    @magnusjonasson1987 3 месяца назад

    The worst part of being famous for one great song is that you have better songs inside. Your skill is more advanced 20 - 30 year after that song that catched on. Time is a bitch thow. He made gazillion dollars of this song but i reccon its an anchor hanging on his neck.Then you get old, its not working anymore and your stuck with the old stuff. Still making gazillions thow. Yeah i envy him.

  • @Th4thWiseman
    @Th4thWiseman 5 месяцев назад

    These girls,not women stayed at the "bakery" chewing a pull apart!

  • @randyjohnson4708
    @randyjohnson4708 9 месяцев назад

    Great rendition but nothing as amazing as the Glen Campbell version !

  • @michaelochman1953
    @michaelochman1953 Год назад +7

    Too bad this song will be banned in California and the EU after 2035. Interesting to hear the story about the original title.