Cotton Eye Joe - Music

Rednex Is A Group Formed In Sweden Known For Mixing Pop And Eurodance Sounds With Elements Of Country Folk And Bluegrass. The Group Enjoyed Success Throughout The 1990s With Novelty Hits Such As "Cotton Eye Joe" "Old Pop In An Oak" "The Spirit Of The Hawk" And "Wish You Were Here". Rednex Are Also Known For Their Several Controversial Line-Up Changes. The Group Originally Consisted Of The Annika Ljungberg Mary Joe Kent Olander Bobby Sue Arne Arstrand Ken Tacky Jonas Nilsson Billy Ray And Patrick Edenberg Mup . Edenberg Would Soon Be Replaced As A Group Member By Urban Landgren BB Stiff . In 1996 Female Lead Singer Annika Ljungberg Was Fired Partly Due To Disagreements With The Other Band Members And Replaced By Mia Löfgren Whippy . During The Farm Out Era In 2000 Patrick Edenberg Decided To Shift The Group's Focus Toward Live Entertainment Which Led To A Total Rehaul Of The Line-Up. All Members Of The Group Were Replaced Bringing In Julie-Anne Tulley Scarlet Anders Sandberg Dagger Roy Van Der Haagen Joe Cgg And Jean-Paul Engeln Jay Lee Instead. Roster Changes Continued To Plague The Group With Roy Van Den Haagen And Jean-Paul Engeln Leaving In 2003. They Were Replaced By Tor Pentén Ace Ratclaw And Björn Scheffler Boneduster Crock . A Year Later Julie-Anne Tulley Parted Ways With Rednex. A Decade After Leaving The Group Original Female Lead Singer Annika Ljungberg Returned To Rednex In 2006 And Was Assigned Exclusive Rights To License The Rednex Trademark Until The End Of 2008. She Replaced Björn Scheffler With Her Husband Jens Sylsjö Snake And Anders Sandberg With Anders Lundström Maverick . On 1 January 2009 When Annika Ljungberg's Management Licence Expired Control Of The Rednex Brand Returned To The Founders Of The Group. All Members Of The Group Were Fired By The Returning Management Following A Dispute And Were Replaced By Members Of Rednex Tribute Who Were All Themselves Former Members Of Rednex. In January 2012 Rednex Announced That They Had Shelved The Concept Of A Permanent Line-Up. Instead The Group Now Uses A Larger Pool Of Characters From Which One Female And Three Male Performers Are Chosen For Each Performance Depending On The Location And The Availability Of The Members. Current Members
Mia Löfgren Whippy 1998-1999 2014-Present
Cecilia Karlsson Misty Mae 2012-Present
Christine Van De Ven Abby Hick 2012-Present
Cassidy 2017-Present
Rattler 2017-Present
Puppy 2017-Present
Anders Sandberg Dagger 2001-2005 2009-Present
Tor Pentén Ace Ratclaw 2003-2006 2009-Present
Roy Van Der Haagen Joe Cagg 2001-2002 2009-Present
Björn Scheffler Boneduster Crock 2003-2005 2012-Present
Pontus Söderqvist Rufus Jones 2012-Present
Jan Blumentrath Spades 2014-Present
Anders Arstrand Ken Tacky 1994-1999 2014-Present
Urban Landgren BB Stiff 1994-2000 2014-Present
Jonas Nilsson Billy Ray 1994-2000 2014-Present Former Members
Patrick Edenberg Mup 1994
Kent Olander Bobby Sue 1994-2000
Jean-Paul Engeln Jay Lee 2001-2002
Anders Lundström Maverick 2006
Jens Sylsjö Snake 2005-2008
Annika Ljungberg Mary Joe 1994-1995 2004-2008
Julie-Anne Tulley Scarlet 2001-2004 2009-2011
Nadja Flood Dakotah 2012-2015 Rednex NZ
In November 2012 Rednex Began A Franchise Operation In Australia & New Zealand. Four New Performers From Auckland And Wellington Were Recruited To Form A Second Rednex With A Non-Exclusive License To Perform In Australasia. Performers In The NZ/Australian Line-Up Include Theresa Murphy Rayanna Randy Payne Anthony Sibbald Rawtooth Rick And Pascal Roggen Slimboy read less