Previous posts for August 24th are here: Théodore Dubois (2019) and Stephen Paulus (2020)
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Mason Williams (b. 24 August 1938) is an American classical guitarist, composer, singer, writer, comedian, and poet, best known for his 1968 instrumental "Classical Gas".
Three Variations on an Acoustic Theme by Mason Williams
1.
The hit he called “Classical Gas”
Was recorded with strings and with brass;
A simple creation
With proper inflation
Can cause a sensation. Alas!
2.
It was simple, that ”Classical Gas,”
And acoustic guitar gave it class;
But with “classical pop"
It’s better to stop
Before it gets earnestly crass.
3.
When you’re listening to “Classical Gas”
With your eyes glazing over like glass,
When the rhythmic refrain
Runs you down like a train,
Remember that this too shall pass.
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