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==Awards and honors== * In 1969, the piece won three [[Grammy Award]]s: [[Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition|Best Instrumental Composition]], [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance|Best Contemporary-Pop Performance, Instrumental]], and [[Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement|Best Instrumental Arrangement]].<ref name=story>{{cite web|last=Williams |first=Mason |title=Writing "Classical Gas"|url=http://www.classicalgas.com/gasstory.html|website=ClassicalGas.com | quote = I envisioned it as simply repertoire or "fuel" for the classical guitar, so I called it ''Classical Gasoline''. }}</ref> * In 1998, [[Broadcast Music Incorporated]] (BMI) awarded Williams a special Citation of Achievement. The piece has logged over five million broadcast performances to become BMI's all-time number-one instrumental [[musical composition|composition]] for radio air play.
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