San Fernando pays homage to legendary Sparrow

The Mighty Spar­row may have passed, but the ca­lyp­so fra­ter­ni­ty is in­sist­ing that the art form he helped shape, pop­u­larise and car­ry around the world will live on.

As trib­utes con­tin­ue to pour in for Dr Slinger “Mighty Spar­row” Fran­cis­co, ca­lyp­so­ni­ans and cul­tur­al fig­ures across Trinidad and To­ba­go are us­ing his death to reaf­firm the en­dur­ing place of ca­lyp­so in the na­tion’s cul­tur­al iden­ti­ty.

Spar­row, who died on Sun­day at the age of 91, was re­mem­bered at San Fer­nan­do City Hall yes­ter­day, where a con­do­lence book has been opened for mem­bers of the pub­lic to sign.