Classical Gas

"Classical Gas" is an instrumental musical piece composed and originally performed by Mason Williams. Originally released in 1968 on the album The Mason Williams Phonograph Record, it has been re-recorded and re-released numerous times since by Williams. One later version served as the title track of a 1987 album by Williams and the band Mannheim Steamroller. Williams re-recorded "Classical Gas" as a solo guitar piece on his 1970 album Handmade. The song was also re-released by Sony in 2003, after being featured in the film Cheaper by the Dozen. Williams was the head writer for The Smothers 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...