“Cotton Eye Joe” by Swedish outfit Rednex is one example. Likewise, Boys Don’t Cry are an English pop-rock outfit that made it big with a song about wanting to be an American cowbo ...

He knew the fiddle song from his days as a Nashville disc jockey and as voice of the Grand Ole Opry. “I was very aware of Cotton-Eyed Joe and this version by Al Dean,” he said. The Rangers ...