Frankie Sparo was the pseudonym of Chad Jones, a singer/songwriter from
Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria is the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of 91,867, and the Greater Victoria area has a population of 397,237. Th ...
was later based in
Montreal, Quebec
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-pea ...
, 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.
["Frankie Sparo: My Red Scare"]
''Pitchfork'', review by Mark Richardson, October 14, 2001 He continued to perform in Montreal, and a second album, ''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''. The album was released in 2003, and appeared on the !earshot National Top 50 Community and Campus Radio Chart in March that year.
"The National Top 50 For the Week Ending: Tuesday, March 4, 2003"
''!earshot ''. Sparo briefly toured in support of the album as a full band with Nadia Moss, Jessica Moss
Jessica Moss is a Canadian musician best known for playing violin and singing backing vocals in the post-rock band Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band since 2001, and is a founding member of Black Ox Orkestar.
In addition ...
and Scott Levine Gilmore
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra was a Canadian post-rock band that formed in 1999, originating from Montreal, Quebec. Variations of the name used on the band's releases include A Silver Mt. Zion, The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & ...
.
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
Shalabi Effect is a mostly instrumental band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The band was originally formed in 1996 as a duo composed of Anthony Seck and Sam Shalabi. Shalabi is an Egyptian-Canadian musician who is also the founder of Swamp Circu ...
'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)
References
External links
Constellation Records' Frankie Sparo website
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Canadian male singers
Musicians from Victoria, British Columbia
Constellation Records (Canada) artists
Canadian male singer-songwriters
Canadian singer-songwriters