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Miss Fairchild

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COMING September 30th!
Won't Be Your Kept Woman EP
OOH LA LA, SHA SHA!!
New Album Out Now!
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Early praise for Ooh La La, Sha Sha...

The band channels Sly and the Family Stone and Prince into upbeat retro R&B anthems, guaranteed to swing some hips.
-The Boston Globe
It's rare to hear a band having so much fun on record. And that doesn't even come close to the sexual explosion of their live show. They put on one of my favorite shows I've ever seen.
-Music for Robots
"Vanilla Place" shows off nearly all the band's appeal in less than four minutes: bright layered melodies, funky rhythms, and lead singer Daddy Wrall's charming, El DeBarge-like vocals.
-Idolator
MF LIVE FOOTAGE!!
Vanilla Place live at AS220
video shot by alex mayer


Who is Miss Fairchild?
Nantucket Island, best known these days as a playground for the rich and famous, might seem an unlikely incubator for a pop band. But for decades, the island has also been a haven for a community of artists and musicians, a creative milieu that helped bring the creative talent Miss Fairchild to fruition. On a Grey Lady overrun by strangers, the band learned to stay local at heart, while beginning to craft songs that spoke to a timeless sense of modernity.
As young boys, the band learned to sing and play in the island's churches. Singer Daddy Wrall, the son of a Congregational minister, recruited instrumentalist Schuyler Dunlap and producer Sammy Bananas to be the backup band for Sunday services. Using their knowledge of pop music garnered from the only two radio stations available, Casey Casem's top 40 and Sandy Beach's oldies show, the boys crafted arrangements of modern and classic pop and soul in a welcoming environment, covering songs by the likes of Prince, Sly & The Family Stone, Tony Toni Toné and Arrested Development.
Having honed their songwriting and arranging skills in bars and happenings, these three recruited drummer Todd "The Rocket" Richard and bassist Trick Johnson, and set sail for America, land of opportunity – Homemade Superstars on a homemade sailboat of pop music. The past year has seen Miss Fairchild tour extensively throughout the United States and Canada and have their hit song, "Vanilla Place" featured on MTV's The Real World: Hollywood. Yet wherever they travel, the band is embraced as local. Armed with their island-grown sense of community, they are welcomed by fans everywhere who claim them as their own.
Autumn 2008 sees Miss Fairchild's fourth release, Won't Be Your Kept Woman, a pop record which displays a new sense of confidence and purpose. Delivered with the same energy and fun of 2007's pop funk LP Ooh La La, Sha Sha, the new record displays traces of the bands Miss Fairchild covered in their youth. From the stomps and claps of "Kept Woman" and the sing-a-long of "Excuse Me, Sister" to the angst of "I Heard," the songs on WBYKW have universal appeal. With this release, these locals prove that in a world so cold, there's nothing like a little home cooking.
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Member Since: 12/14/2004
Band Website: www.missfairchild.com
Band Members: Miss Fairchild is...
Daddy Wrall (vocals)
Schuyler Dunlap (instruments)
Trick Johnson (bass)
Todd “The Rocket” Richard (drums)
Sammy Bananas (production)
Influences: Sly and The Family Stone, The Time, Tony Toni Tone, Beck, The Neptunes
Sounds Like: "The band channels Sly and the Family Stone and Prince into upbeat retro R&B anthems, guaranteed to swing some hips." - The Boston Globe
“Vanilla Place,” shows off nearly all the band’s appeal in less than four minutes: bright layered melodies, funky rhythms, and lead singer Daddy Wrall’s charming, El DeBarge-like vocals.” -Idolator
"They are 100% committed to a rump-shakin' dancefloor party, no wink-wink-nudge-nudge attached." - 3Hive
"Miss Fairchild, a band of white boys from New England with enough soul to take on Parliament toe to toe....Their album "Ooh La La Sha Sha", is chock full of of feel good get downs, utilizing horns, flutes, and ofcourse the funkiest basslines this side of Kool and the Gang. Fans of the Scissor Sisters, Sly and the Family Stone, and Midnite Vultures era Beck will find something to love here." - Asltron
“Imagine if Prince (from the Beautiful Experience era) and JT (minus the nsyncers) hooked up to make an album. It would have mad sassy, make-you-wanna-pour-milk-all-over-your-body kind of consequences… Miss Fairchild is creamy and smooth like the milkshake you never want to stop sucking on.” - The Boston Phoenix
“It’s rare to hear a band having so much fun on record. And that doesn’t even come close to the sexual explosion of their live show. They put on one of my favorite shows I’ve ever seen.” - Music For Robots
“There’s something very endearing about Miss Fairchild’s Kitchen-Sink approach to Pop.” - Urb
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

new music! soon!

Hey all,Just so you know: we haven't forgotten your requests for new music. Our latest EP, Won't Be Your Kept Woman is coming out on September 30th as a digital only download. That means you can buy i...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:36:00 GMT

help us with this tour!

Hey Folks,As you know, we are headed on a small tour in support of Ooh La La, Sha Sha.. (due out September 4th). We are still looking for a few shows. If you know anyone in the following cities that m...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 21:00:00 GMT

wrong blog silly!

Oh snap! I don't use this blog so much anymore. GO HERE to read what's being written!Schuyler Dunlap
Posted by on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:29:00 GMT

Miss Fairchild on the blogs!

Hey People, Want free music? Here you go:Number One, free for download:http://music.for-robots.comVanilla Place, free for download:http://idolator.com/tunes/mp3/stuck-on-repeat-miss- fairchilds-newer-j...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 09:48:00 GMT

Miss Fairchild Presents The Miss Fairchild Mixtape

Hey, have you heard? Have you told your friends? Well, get to it! www.missfairchild.comMiss Fairchild, the Boston-based Pop-Funk band, announce the release of Miss Fairchild Presents the Miss Fairchil...
Posted by on Sat, 02 Jun 2007 04:57:00 GMT

Fairchildren

Fairchildren are people dedicated to enjoying the music of Miss Fairchild and spreading the word about their records and performances. Anyone, longtime fans or newcomers, can join the group as long as...
Posted by on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 06:43:00 GMT

Ooh La La, Sha Sha... is done.

Many of you have been writing lately to ask what is afoot here at Camp Fairchild; in fact, we have been overwhelmed with inquiry, comment and plea. Well, today I, Schuyler Dunlap, your Original Homema...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 03:57:00 GMT

Stop me if you've heard this one...

A Tibetan ox farmer lived quietly in the Himalayas. One day, his sole horse ran away. The surrounding villagers came to see him: "So sad. I feel very badly for you and your loss. I hope your bad luck ...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Nov 2006 17:40:00 GMT

all hallow's eve

A seminal night for Miss Fairchild, this Halloween 2006. Playing at Chicky's Fine Diner in the hamlet of Westbrook, ME, DW, P. and myself had decided to dress as "the old Miss Fairchild." Under those ...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 15:36:00 GMT

I might have to start charging for this stuff.

Okay, okay. Here's what's up: Shows are great. New York really stood up on Friday for our show with the peerless Don Dilego. Daddy Wrall and I "sat in" for a tune off his most recent record, Photograp...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Oct 2006 12:44:00 GMT