Miss Fairchild is... Daddy Wrall (vocals), Samuel P. Nice (production) and Schuyler Dunlap (instruments).
Since 2004, they have made dynamic modern pop music that also serves as a music appreciation course for lovers of soul and funk music. On 2007’s Ooh La La, Sha Sha…, the trio blends a timeless sense of songwriting with timely production values, displaying a remarkable musical palette influenced by such artists as Sly & The Family Stone & Tony Toni Toné. With Trick Johnson (bass) and Todd “The Rocket” Richard (drums), they are The Miss Fairchild Show, an express train of energy, rapid transitions and positivity, which has drawn comparisons to the legendary JB’s.
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
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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
Miss Fairchild is more than just a band. True, they play dynamic modern pop music that also serves as a music appreciation course for lovers of soul and funk music. True, they blend a timeless sense of songwriting with an undeniable sense of now, displaying a remarkable musical palette influenced by such artists as Sly & The Family Stone and Tony Toni Toné. True their live incarnation, The Miss Fairchild Show, has drawn comparisons to the legendary JB’s for its energy and remarkable transitions. But more than all of that, Miss Fairchild exists to bring joy to an oftentimes-joyless world.
Even in their earliest days of music making, Miss Fairchild’s Daddy Wrall (vocals), Samuel P. Nice (production) and Schuyler Dunlap (instruments) have made it their mission to put the K back in Fun. In fact, they have played together under one name or another for 10 years, along the way dropping out of The School of Too Cool, that place where we all learn insecurity and a need for our neighbors’ approval and enrolling in the New School of Funk. Daddy Wrall learned his command of an audience from his father and grandfather, both Congregational Ministers. Samuel P. Nice learned production making beats and doing remixes for Hip-Hop artists and Indie Rock bands. And the Great Dunlap found out just how universal the language of music can be as he traveled to four continents studying flute and other instruments on a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship. Since reuniting in 2004 as Miss Fairchild, they have committed themselves to an inclusive, participatory music, so much that The Miss Fairchild Show (with Trick Johnsn on bass and Todd “The Rocket” Richard on drumset) has consistently prompted two responses: “I’ve never had that much fun in my life,” and the more serious, “This city needs you.”
On 2007’s Ooh La La, Sha Sha… Miss Fairchild has taken these thoughts from their fans to heart and made a record that reflects the unadulterated fun of The Miss Fairchild Show. Blending their remarkable gift for memorable songwriting and pitch perfect production with this commitment to fun, inclusive music, they have made record with both musical depth and pop appeal. From the effervescent “Number One” to the anthemic “Vanilla Place,” OLLSS has fans singing along as much as The Miss Fairchild Show has them clapping.
Sly Stone, in his famous Woodstock speech, said, “A lot of people don’t like to [sing along], because they feel that it might be old fashioned. But you must dig that it is not a fasion in the first place. It’s a feeling, and if it was good in the past, it’s still good.” Fast forward to 2007, and Miss Fairchild has taken this sentiment to heart; if fun music was good enough for the past, it’s still good. With all that’s wrong in the world today, who needs fear and insecurity? What we really need is more Miss Fairchild.
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Sweet! You were on MTV!!!! I see you're playing in Brooklyn.. I won't be there but I've got a few friends I'm trying to send your way... spread the love!
hey, that's a great youtube clip you got there...! i'm regretting having missed your show last night. the forces that be didn't realize i wanted to go. blarg. hope you guys are well and to see you the next time you're in nyc!