Tag: Mason Williams

"The Three Song"

“The Three Song”: Pop Fugue

I put a copy of “The Three Song” on a mix once and recall having a difficult time initially verifying the song title. I remember counting the bands on the vinyl record at least twice to make sure that track #3 on The Smothers Brothers‘ 1965 album, Mom Always Did

September 23, 2013 No Comments

"Baroque-a-Nova"

Mason Williams: Music + Comedy + Art

From David Bianculli‘s history of the Smothers Brothers’ groundbreaking television variety show, I discovered that Mason Williams was much more than the guy who wrote the million-selling instrumental, “Classical Gas.” Williams not only recorded albums for Warner Brothers (and Mercury & Vee Jay) but also wrote incisive and edgy sketches for

May 26, 2013 1 Comment