The Swedish group Rednex's "Cotton Eye Joe" got its inspiration from folk songs that are today mostly associated with which part of the US?
Cotton Eye Joe (Rednex song) "Cotton Eye Joe" is a song by Swedish Eurodance group Rednex from their debut studio album "Sex & Violins" (1995). Sampling the traditional American folk song "Cotton-Eyed Joe", it combines the group's style with traditional American instruments such as banjos and fiddles. In 2002, "Cotton Eye Joe" was remixed in a dance version, and was released from Rednex's greatest hits album, "The Best of the West".
Cormac McCarthy (musician) Cormac McCarthy (born c. 1950) is an American folk singer-songwriter. He was born in Ohio but moved to rural New Hampshire at age ten. He was inspired to play music when his sister, visiting home from college, brought records by Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, and Eric Anderson, and he traded his clarinet for a guitar. He was college roommates with Bill Morrissey, who encouraged him to perform his music in public, and co-wrote the song "Marigold Hall" with Morrissey. He currently lives in southern Maine.