Pied-Noir Pied-Noir Pied-Noir (, ""Black-Foot""), plural Pieds-Noirs, is a term primarily referring to people of European, mostly ethnic French origin, who were born in Algeria during the period of French rule from 1830 to 1962. More broadly, it can refer to other foreign-origin persons, both Christian and Jewish, from all parts of the Mediterranean whose families had also migrated under French occupation in the 19th and 20th centuries to French Algeria, the French protectorate in Morocco, or the French protectorate of Tunisia, where many carried on living for several generations but fled or were expelled at the end of French rule
The Pied Pumkin Flying". Ulrich left the band in 1976 to join folk artist Valdy's band, which was then signed to a recording contract with A&M Records under the name Hometown Band. "A Fear of Flying"—renamed "Flying" to avoid confusion with Erica Jong's best-selling book—became the Hometown Band's first single and the title song of their first album, released in 1976. Scott and Mock continued touring and recording as the Pied Pear for another eight years. All three original members of the Pied Pumkin reunited in 1998 for a tour and the release of the album "Plucking DeVine". The live album "Pied Alive"