details for Dirty Old Egg-Sucking Dog - Johnny Cash

Assumed/incorrect titles:
• Dirty Ol' Egg-Suckin' Dog
• Dirty Ol' Egg Suckin' Dog
• Dirty Old Egg Sucking Dog

Recorded:
• January 11, 1966 (studio version)
• January 13, 1968 (live version)

Recording location:
• Folsom Prison, Folsom, CA

Released:
• 1966 (studio version)
• 1968 (live version)

Available on (*):
• 1966 LP Everybody Loves A Nut (Columbia CS 9292, May, 1966; studio version)
• 1968 LP Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison (Columbia CS 9639, May, 1968; live version)
• 1992 CD set The Essential Johnny Cash (Columbia C3K 65557, March 24, 1992; studio version)

Topics (not including words that are part of the title):
• chickens
• farming

Alternate versions:
• This exists in both studio and live versions.

interesting facts (click to see playlist of show on which fact was mentioned, if applicable):
• Johnny also performed this on the August 11, 1980 episode of "The Muppet Show".

Chart information:
• #88 1966 (as part of album Everybody Loves A Nut)
• #13 1968 (as part of album Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison)
• #1 1968 (country, as part of album Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison)

general information about Johnny Cash

Also credited as:
• Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Three

General type of music:
• country

Born:
• February 26, 1932

Died:
• September 12, 2003

Also recorded with:
• The Tennessee Three
• Oscar The Grouch
• The Tennessee Two
• The Carter Family
• June Carter Cash
• many others

Web sites:
• http://www.johnnycash.com/

interesting facts (click to see playlist of show on which fact was mentioned, if applicable):
• one of the most successful country singers and songwriters of all time

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