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Coffee Break: Instrumentals

What songs do you want to hear for today's 9:30 Coffee Break?
What songs do you want to hear for today's 9:30 Coffee Break?iStockphoto.com, via NPR

by Anna Reed

August 24, 2017

Today we're celebrating the 79th birthday of Mason Williams, classical guitarist, composer, writer, comedian and poet.

Although Williams recorded more than a dozen albums and was a comedy writer on Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, and Saturday Night Live, he is probably best-known for his instrumental song "Classical Gas" for which he won three Grammys.

So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what instrumental songs do you want to hear?

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs played

Link Wray - Rumble
Ratatat - Wildcat
Henry Mancini - The Pink Panther Theme
Mogwai - Summer
Billy Preston - Outa-Space
Vince Guaraldi - Linus and Lucy
John Coltrane - Giant Steps
Beastie Boys - Electric Worm
The Ventures - Hawaii Five-O