Frankie Sparo
Template:Short description Frankie Sparo was the pseudonym of Chad Jones, a singer/songwriter from Victoria, British Columbia was later based in Montreal, Quebec, where he released two albums and an EP on Constellation Records.
Career
Jones played in a band called M Blanket in Victoria. By 2000 he had moved to Montreal. That year, under the stage name Frankie Sparo, he released his first album, My Red Scare, accompanying his slow songs and gruff voice with guitar.<ref name=richardson>"Frankie Sparo: My Red Scare". Pitchfork, review by Mark Richardson, October 14, 2001</ref><ref>"Frankie Sparo My Red Scare". Voir, Nicolas Tittley, 23 November 2000</ref> He continued to perform in Montreal,<ref>"Live à Montréal : Andre Williams/Les Sexareenos Damon & Naomi/Frankie Sparo". VOIR, Nicolas Tittley, 28 March 2001</ref> and a four-song radio session recorded in Amsterdam, Arena Hostile, was released in 2001.
After two releases as a solo artist, Jones enlisted singer/pianist Nadia Moss and several other musicians for the recording of his second full-length album, Welcome Crummy Mystics.<ref>"Frankie Sparo - Welcome Crummy Mystics". POP News, 09/04/2003, Fred Tuc</ref><ref>"Welcome Crummy Mystics - Frankie Sparo". AllMusic, Review by Johnny Loftus</ref> The album was released in 2003,<ref>"A Choice Greeting". Dusted, Jun. 9, 2003. Review by Tobias C. van Veen</ref> and appeared on the !earshot National Top 50 Community and Campus Radio Chart in March that year.<ref>"The National Top 50 For the Week Ending: Tuesday, March 4, 2003". !earshot .</ref> Sparo briefly toured in support of the album as a full band with Nadia Moss, Jessica Moss and Scott Levine Gilmore.
Jones put Sparo on ice in 2004, but returned in March 2007 to play a handful of dates in northern Europe supporting the Handsome Furs, and is listed (along with Nadia and Jessica Moss, and Scott Levine Gilmore) as a performer on Sam Shalabi's disc, Eid. He contributed
He currently performs as part of The Witchies with Nadia Moss and Jonah Fortune.
Discography
- My Red Scare CD/LP (Constellation Records, 2000)<ref name=richardson />
- Arena Hostile CDEP (Constellation Records, 2001)
- Welcome Crummy Mystics CD/LP (Constellation Records, 2003)