Frankie Tillo was born in the late nineteen hundreds, in eastern Idaho, in a small town next to a big nuclear facility. He then turned into an adult, then moved to Boise, then gained some regional notoriety with a teenaged-type band called THICK BUSINESS. Since then, he has stayed in Boise somehow, and been playing and releasing music that is increasingly less patriotic.

"Drawing on the timbres of a Neil young record, the the confessional lyricism of Elliot Smith, and a relative harmonic complexity, Tillo’s music conjures feelings of both deep comfort and unease."

Frankie is in constant collaborating with a very talented, rotating cast of musicians this year. The band has included: Jens Kuross, Fon Peterson, Jake Marchus, Shadrach Tuck, Kayce Guthmiller, Cooper Trail, Bill Tracy, and Michael Mitchell.

photo: Wesley Scott