Jim Fairchild

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Jim Fairchild


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Background = solo_singer
Born = birth date and age|1973|10|08
Modesto, California
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Instrument = Singer, guitar
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Genre = Indie rock
Occupation = Singer, songwriter, musician
Years_active = 1992–present
Label = V2, Dangerbird Records
Associated_acts = Grandaddy, All Smiles
URL = allsmilesmusic.com
Notable_instruments = Guitar

Jim Fairchild is an American singer songwriter born in Fresno, California in 1973.

Biography

Fairchild moved to Modesto at the age of two, and began to play guitar at the age of 15. He currently lives and works in Portland, Oregon under the name All Smiles.

Jim Fairchild was the guitarist of the band Grandaddy until they broke up in 2006.. He is the most recent member of Grandaddy, joining before the band had released their first album. He is noted as having lived in Modesto, CA, Chicago, IL, Portland, OR and Los Angeles, CA.

He is featured on Giant Sand releases, Giant Sand Live at Rockefeller Music Hall [http://www.archive.org/details/gsand2001-03-04.flac16] , as well as the record Cover Magazine. In 2001 he toured with Giant Sand playing guitar opening shows for PJ Harvey.

Fairchld is credited as engineer on M.Ward release, To Go Home.

In 2006 Fairchild toured with Modest Mouse playing guitar before Johnny Marr joined the band.

References in Popular Culture

Conor Oberst song Milk Thistle is speculated to refer to Jim Fairchild lyrically -"Fairchild, FairchildHow are you, man?Did you fix that storefront?Did you start that band?Don't be scared of nothin'You go pound for poundYou bring peace to midnightLike a spotted owlI'll be rootin' for youLike my favorite teamIf somebody sweats youYou just point 'em out to me"

The song was written shortly after Jim Fairchild gave an interview to the Chicago Reader discussing the storefront him and girlfriend, artist Natasha Wheat, were renovating in Chicago, as well as his new band All Smiles. Early in his career Oberst toured with Fairchild as Bright Eyes, opening shows for Grandaddy.

Interviews and Press

* [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/39462-jim-fairchild-talks-grandaddy-breakup-solo-album] Pitchfork Interview
* [http://www.latimesblogs.latimes.com/soundboard/2007/06/jim-fairchild-i.html] Los Angeles Times
* [http://www.chicagoreader.com/features/stories/sharpdarts/070518/] Chicago Reader Interview
* [http://stereogum.com/tag/Grandaddy] Interview on Stereogum

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/allsmilesmusic www.myspace.com/allsmilesmusic]
* [http://www.allsmilesmusic.com www.allsmilesmusic.com]

References

* [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/42505-ten-readings-of-a-warning] Pitchfork Review of Ten Reading of a Warning
* [http://www.eforests.co.uk/INTERNET/efnews2.nsf/NewsWebDisplay?OpenForm&ParentUNID=B43784BD508034C0802572D3006D0C3E] E-forests Al Smiles goes Carbon Neutral
* [http://www.modestofamous.com/node/1333] Modesto Famous
* [http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608003716/Grandaddy.html] Musician Guide
* [http://www.wweek.com/editorial/3313/8525/ Friends In High Places] Friends in High Places