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Black Sheep (rock band)

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Members
  
Lou Gramm, Bruce Turgon

Associated acts
  
Lou Gramm, Bruce Turgon


Past members
  
Lou Gramm Donald Mancuso Larry Crozier Bruce Turgon Ron Rocco Patsy Sciortino Mike Bonafede

Origin
  
Rochester, New York, United States

Similar
  
Foreigner, Shadow King, Don Mancuso, Ed Gagliardi, Al Greenwood

Black Sheep, a Rochester, New York-based 1970s United States rock music band, was one of vocalist Lou Gramm's early working bands (it followed Poor Heart, which broke up c. 1970). The group, which had released the single Stick Around in 1974, the album Black Sheep in 1975, and the album Encouraging Words in 1976, was no longer performing when Gramm was invited by Mick Jones to join the band Foreigner.

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Black Sheep's bass player, Bruce Turgon played on Lou Gramm's solo albums in the late 1980s (which also featured contributions from another Black Sheep alumnus, guitarist Don Mancuso) and joined Gramm in one of Foreigner's later incarnations, in 1992. Gramm continues to tour, fronting the Lou Gramm Band, whose lineup for 2004-2006 included former Black Sheep guitarist Don Mancuso (guitar/bass), along with Ben Gramm (drums), Richard Gramm (guitar), and Andy Knoll (keyboards).

"Black Sheep" (1975) - Capitol Records / Capitol ST-11369

Side One
  1. "Payin' Yer Dues" - (Lou Grammatico, Don Mancuso, Larry Crozier, Ron Rocco) - 4:08
  2. "Broken Promises" - (Grammatico, Crozier, Bruce Turgon) - 3:20
  3. "Woman Back Home" - (Grammatico, Turgon) - 3:20
  4. "Piano Prelude" - (Crozier) - 1:04
  5. "Let Me Stay" - (Grammatico, Turgon) - 7:15
Side Two
  1. "Power To Heal" - (Grammatico, Turgon) - 3:19
  2. "Far Side Of The Sun" - (Grammatico, Mancuso, Rocco) - 6:56
  3. "A Little Or A Lot" - (Grammatico, Mancuso, Turgon) - 3:34
  4. "Freight Train" - (Grammatico, Mancuso, Rocco) - 3:00
  5. "Woman" - (Paul Rodgers, Andy Fraser) - 8:19 - Cover of the sixth track of Free's self-titled second album
Personnel
  • Lou Grammatico - vocals
  • Don Mancuso - guitar
  • Larry Crozier - keyboards
  • Bruce Turgon - bass
  • Ron Rocco - drums

    • "Encouraging Words" (1975) - Capitol Records / Capitol ST-11447

    Side One
    1. "Halfway Home" - (Lou Grammatico, Bruce Turgon) - 4:19
    2. "Encouraging Words" - (Grammatico, Don Mancuso, Turgon) - 5:27
    3. "To Whom It May Concern" - (Grammatico, Larry Crozier) - 3:51
    4. "No Worry, No Pain" - (Grammatico, Turgon) - 4:11
    5. "When It All Makes Sense" - (Grammatico, Crozier) - 4:24
    Side Two
    1. "The Change" - (Turgon) - 5:13
    2. "All I Am" - (Turgon) - 3:35
    3. "Shauna" - (Grammatico, Mancuso) - 3:44
    4. "Chain On Me" - (Grammatico, Mancuso) - 4:21
    Personnel
  • Lou Grammatico - vocals
  • Don Mancuso - guitar
  • Larry Crozier - keyboards
  • Bruce Turgon - bass
  • Mike Bonafede - drums

    • References

    Black Sheep (rock band) Wikipedia
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