# "Foggy Mountain Breakdown"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foggy-mountain-breakdown/121677>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 31, 2002, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foggy-mountain-breakdown/121677 "2002-07-31T12:52:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![AtomicDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foggy-mountain-breakdown/121677/1 "2002-07-31T12:52:27Z")

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What is the definitive version? I’ve loved this tune ever since I heard it on “The Beverley Hillbillies”.

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**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foggy-mountain-breakdown/121677/2 "2002-07-31T12:53:29Z")

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The definitive version was used as the theme song to “Bonnie and Clyde.”

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**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foggy-mountain-breakdown/121677/3 "2002-07-31T12:58:29Z")

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And that version’s available on _The Essential Flatt & Scruggs_, Columbia Legacy C2K 64877.