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Mason Williams is an act on the Starverb influence map. They run in the same orbit as Three Dog Night, Tommy James & The Shondells, Herman's Hermits, The Grass Roots and The Edgar Winter Group, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Claudine Longet and The Yes Album, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 29 connections around Mason Williams and forward to Claudine Longet. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Mason Douglas Williams is an American classical guitarist, composer, singer, writer, comedian, and poet, best known for his 1968 instrumental "Classical Gas" and for his work as a comedy writer on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, and Saturday Night Live.
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Mason Williams connections
Mason Williams shares an orbit with Three Dog Night, Tommy James & The Shondells, Herman's Hermits and The Grass Roots, went on to shape Claudine Longet and The Yes Album. 29 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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