A mysterious 4-track cassette was first delivered to Constellation in the summer of 1998, and through the thick mists of tape hiss and reverb-drenched guitar, we heard the magic. Frankie Sparo is a moniker of Chad Jones, unparalleled wordsmith and scrawny performer. From his earliest Montreal solo performances accompanied only by guitar - including his first show in town, at Constellation's Musique Fragile concert series - Jones has rallied beatboxes and broken MIDI patches to his off-kilter rhythm cause and signed up various Montreal players to realise his unique arrangement ideas. Nadia Moss joined as an official second member for the composing, arranging and recording of <i>Welcome Crummy Mystics</i>, and together with Jessica Moss and Scott Levine Gilmore (both of Black Ox Orkestar and Silver Mt. Zion), comprised Frankie Sparo's short-lived but much adored full-band incarnation. Jones quietly put Sparo on ice in 2004, in a scarcely noticed move forecasted by his own "A Citizen's Farewell". He recently started work on a soon-to-be-unveiled project, which he describes as "a little more uplifting". 2008-06-28T12:39:28-04:00 9 FRANKIE SPARO 8 FRANKIE SPARO 2008-06-28T13:54:52-04:00 frankie-sparo