"Featuring 'Cotton Eye Joe,'" reads the red stripe running across Rednex' debut, trumpeting "The sports arena hit!" Everyone from football supporters to face-painted NFL fans got their elbows a-flyin' to this backwater Euro-dance novelty, the template for tracks like "Hittin' the Hay," "Riding Alone," and "Fat Sally Lee." Robotic fiddles stutter over plasticized dance thumps as the vocalists have a good old time mugging on the mike, sounding like aliens who learned to "talk all human 'n' stuff" from intercepted transmissions of Hee Haw. ~ Johnny Loftus, All Music Guide
Jolly Jumper (Mixing), Ove Sandberg (Harmonica), General Lee (Mixing), Jerry McPherson (Guitar), Annika Ljungberg (Vocals), Bjorn Lagberg (Vocals), Janne Ericsson (Engineer), Anders Hansson (Producer), Henrik Widen (Accordion), Chris Stewart (Vocals), General Lee (Engineer), Jean-Paul Wall (Whistle (Instrument)), Jolly Jumper (Engineer), Ari Haatainen (Accordion), Calamity Jane (Engineer), Calamity Jane (Mixing), Janne Ericsson (Vocals), David Millingting (Producer), Uffe Sterling (Guitar (Steel)), Anders Hellquist (Producer), Lotten Anderson (Vocals), Pat Reiniz (Producer), Billy the Kid (Engineer), Henrik Widen (Vocals), Billy the Kid (Mixing), Bud Spencer (Mixing), Brian Tankersley (Bass), Sir Stefan Een (Engineer), Brian Tankersley (Piano), Clint Eastwood (Guitar), Jean-Paul Wall (Vocals), Terry McMillan (Harmonica), Chris Stewart (Arranger), Jacob Schultz (Assistant Engineer), Randy Leago (Accordion), Henrik Janson (Guitar), Henrik Widen (Piano), Alias Smith & Jones (Engineer), Anders Lovmark (Drums), Hoss (Vocals), Brian Tankersley (Remixing), Pat Reiniz (Vocals), Janne Ericsson (Producer), Bonne Lovman (Guitar), General Custer (Banjo), Max Martin (Mixing), Stefan Cevaco (Vocals), Zeb Macahan (Vocals), Lee Van Cleef (Mixing), Anders Hansson (Engineer), Hopalong Cassidy (Engineer), Cool James (Vocals), David Millingting (Engineer), Anders Hansson (Mixing), Anders Hansson (Vocals), Joe Cartwright (Vocals), L. Teijo (Producer), Max Martin (Producer), Alias Smith & Jones (Mixing), Hopalong Cassidy (Mixing), Sir Stefan Een (Producer), Denniz Pop (Engineer), Hanna Wanngärd (Vocals), Brian Tankersley (?), Lee Van Cleef (Producer), Max Martin (Engineer), Sir Stefan Een (Vocals), Denniz Pop (Mixing), Denniz Pop (Producer), Bud Spencer (Engineer), Anders Hellquist (Guitar), Jeanette Söderholm (Vocals), Rednex (Producer)
Sex & Violins is the name of the debut album by techno-country novelty group, Rednex. The album was a commercial success, including the hit dance single "Cotton-Eye Joe." The album was re-titled Cotton Eye Joe (Sex & Violins) for the U.S. release.
"The Sad but True Story of Ray Mingus, the Lumberjack of Bulk Rock City, and His Never Slacking Stribe in Exploiting the So Far Undiscovered Areas of the Intention to Bodily Intercourse from the Opposite Species of His Kind, During Intake of All the Mental Condition That Could Be Derived from Fermentation (Harder Than Your Husband)" - 2:21
Banjo - Gary Johansson, General Custer, and Kjell Johansson
Bass - Björn Lagberg
Drums - Anders Lövmark, Animal, and Heffa
Guitar - Anders Hellquist, Boba, Bonne Lövman, Clint Eastwood, and Henrik Jansson
Steel Guitar - Uffe Sterling
Harmonica - Ove Sandberg
Piano - Henrik Widén
Violin - Bosse Nilsson
Vocals - Anders Hansson, Annika Ljungberg, Björn Lagberg, Camena, Camilla Molinder, Chris Sylvan Stewart, Cool James, Currey, Göran Danielsson, Hanna Wannagárd, Henrik Widen, Hoss, Janne Ericsson, Jean-Paul Wall, Jeanette Söderholm, Joe Cartwright, Lotten Andersson, Ludde, Michelle Anenberg, Monte Reid, Pat Reiniz, Stefan Cevaco, Sir Een, Thomas Hegert, and Zeb Macahan
Whistle - Jean-Paul Wall
Production
Producers - Pat Reiniz, Janne Ericsson, Anders Hansson, Denniz Pop, Max Martin, David Millington, Stefan Sir Een, L. Teijo, Anders Hellquist, and Thomas Hegert
