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10. Not even three minutes

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Tue Nov 7, 2017, 01:02 AM

Nov 2017

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Classical Gas [View all] Floyd R. Turbo Nov 2017 OP

Love this! FM123 Nov 2017 #1

Yes! 👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Nov 2017 #13

I can remember watching this on The Smothers Brothers Va Lefty Nov 2017 #2

Welcome to the club! 😏 Floyd R. Turbo Nov 2017 #14

Dream of every guitar player ... CountAllVotes Nov 2017 #3

Indeed! 👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Nov 2017 #15

Ah! You finally found it! longship Nov 2017 #4

Kick for later Cracklin Charlie Nov 2017 #5

Hahahahaha! Floyd R. Turbo Nov 2017 #16

Loved those poems!! lastlib Nov 2017 #25

Amazing song. Loved it from the first time I heard it. LiberalLoner Nov 2017 #6

It is! 👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Nov 2017 #17

The producer, Mike Post, wrote the famous bridge that glued it all together Brother Buzz Nov 2017 #7

Williams himself wasnt a fan of that bridge. VOX Nov 2017 #9

Williams sought out and hired Post to produce the song Brother Buzz Nov 2017 #24

Thanks! 👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Nov 2017 #18

The first "unplugged" hit, before the term was ever coined DFW Nov 2017 #8

Yep! 👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Nov 2017 #19

Not even three minutes gratuitous Nov 2017 #10

Brilliant! 👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Nov 2017 #20

I remember watching this. Well done. kairos12 Nov 2017 #11

Thank you! 👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Nov 2017 #21

THANK YOU! elleng Nov 2017 #12

My pleasure! 👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Nov 2017 #22

Mason Williams was offered a small fortune by an oil company to use this song for commercials. VOX Nov 2017 #23

Good on him! 👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Nov 2017 #28

my first "favorite song" from my childhood lapfog_1 Nov 2017 #26

Cool! 👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Nov 2017 #29

That still is great. Sorry to pollute the thread but here is another unplugged session that I was CentralMass Nov 2017 #27

Nice! 👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Nov 2017 #30

Thanks! PennyK Nov 2017 #31

My pleasure! 👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Nov 2017 #32

heard it at an airport Skittles Nov 2017 #33

Nice! 👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Nov 2017 #35

I am particularly fond ... NanceGreggs Nov 2017 #34

Sweet! 👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Nov 2017 #36

The best version jrandom421 Nov 2017 #37

👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Nov 2017 #38

Here it is jrandom421 Nov 2017 #39

Lovely!! ailsagirl Nov 2017 #41

Beautiful!! ailsagirl Nov 2017 #40

Thanks! 👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Nov 2017 #43

Nice geez bdamomma Nov 2017 #42

Whipper snapper! 😏 Floyd R. Turbo Nov 2017 #44