Today we focus on that rarest of sheep – the so called ‘black’ one. Black sheep is an English idiom that describes a member of a group who is different from the rest, especially a family member who does not fit in. The negative overtones of the use of the term ‘black’ in this context is now considered to be somewhat racist and therefore is in less common usage.
“Black Sheep of the Family” is a track recorded by Richie Blackmore’s Rainbow from their eponymous debut album released in 1975. During studio sessions in Tampa Bay, Florida in December 1974, Blackmore originally planned to record the solo single “Black Sheep of the Family”- a cover of a track by the band Quatermass from 1970, along with the newly composed “Sixteenth Century Greensleeves”, which was to be the B-side. Other musicians involved included singer/lyricist Ronnie James Dio and drummer Gary Driscoll of blues rock band Elf, and cellist Hugh McDowell of ELO. Satisfied with the two tracks, Blackmore decided to extend the sessions to a full album.
Black Sheep is a song written by Metric. It was performed by The Clash at Demonhead in the Scott Pilgim vs. The World movie (2010). The song opens the Clash at Demonhead’s gig after Sex Bob-omb performs “Indefatigable” at Lee’s Palace. During the song, Scott discovers the guy on bass is Todd Ingram, Ramona then reveals that he’s on her list of evil exes. After Envy, Lynette and Todd perform the song, Julie tells Scott, Stephen Stills, Kim, Young Neil, Knives and Ramona that Envy would like all of them to come backstage with them. A music video of The Clash at Demonhead performing “Black Sheep” was released to promote the film, the video contains a full performance at Lee’s Palace along with footage of the film. The song also appears on the movie soundtrack performed by Metric.
“Black Sheep” is a song by Gin Wigmore from her album Gravel & Wine. It was released as a single in September 2011. The song appeared in episodes of the television series Grey’s Anatomy, Teen Wolf, and The Good Wife, and she appeared singing it on Gift of Revenge, a segment of ABC’s television show Revenge. Wigmore performed the song on an episode of The Ellen DeGeneris Show. A snippet of the song was used for the trailer of the movie The Other Woman. The song was also used in a trailer for season 2 of Orange is the New Black. The song was used in a 2017 commercial for the Nissan Rogue.
“Black Sheep” is a song by Yonder Mountain String Band an American progressive bluegrass group from Nederland, Colorado. Composed of Dave Johnston, Ben Kaufmann, Adam Aijala. After touring with the band fiddle player Allie Kral and mandolin player Jake Jolliff became official members of Yonder Mountain String Band in May 2015 and in 2020, multi-instrumentalist/mandolinist Nick Piccininni joined. The band has released five studio albums and several live recordings to date. This track is taken from the album of the same name released in 2015.
“Black Sheep” is a song by Dorothy an American rock band from Los Angeles, formed in 2014. The band consists of vocalist Dorothy Martin, drummer Jason Ganberg, guitarists Devon Pangle and Eli Wulfmeier, and bassist Eliot Lorango. It is a single taken from ‘Gifts from the Holy Ghost’ their third studio album released in April 2022 by Roc Nation. The album was inspired by an incident in which a member of Dorothy’s staff nearly died from a drug overdose but recovered after singer Dorothy Martin prayed for his survival. Martin’s recent sobriety is another influence on the album. Most of the album’s lyrics are about spirituality and healing, despite its “swaggering” hard rock and classic rock sounds.
