Which guitarist had a 1968 hit with the self-penned instrumental Classical Gas?
Classical Gas in 2003, after being featured in the film "Cheaper by the Dozen", which starred Williams's "Smothers Brothers" protégé, Steve Martin. Lisa Simpson on the animated series "The Simpsons" did a brief run-through of "Classical Gas". One of the showrunners, Al Jean, said he met composer Mason Williams, who told him how happy he was that they used it in the show. Classical Gas "Classical Gas" is an instrumental musical piece composed and originally performed by Mason Williams with instrumental backing by members of the Wrecking Crew. Originally released in 1968 on the album "The Mason Williams Phonograph Record", it has
Classical Gas Brothers Comedy Hour" at the time of the piece's release and premiered the composition on the show. Williams performed it several times over several episodes. After the piece had reached the Top Ten, Williams asked an experimental filmmaker named Dan McLaughlin to adjust a student video montage that he had created of classical art works using Beethoven's 5th Symphony and edit it in time to "Classical Gas", using the visual effect now known as kinestasis. The work, "3000 Years of Art", premiered in 1968 on the Smothers Brothers. The song peaked at number 2 for two weeks in August that