14 Facts About Jim Fairchild

Jim Fairchild is best known as a guitarist of the indie rock bands Grandaddy and Modest Mouse.

Jim Fairchild has lived in Los Angeles, Chicago, Portland, Oregon, San Francisco, and New York City.

Jim Fairchild joined Grandaddy as guitarist in 1995, and remained with the band until they broke up in 2006.

Jim Fairchild is featured on the Giant Sand release, Cover Magazine.

In 2005, Jim Fairchild began touring as a guitarist in Modest Mouse before Johnny Marr joined the band.

Jim Fairchild released his first solo album, Ten Readings of a Warning, which he arranged to be carbon neutral, in 2007, as well as a single, "Moth in a Cloud of Smoke".

Jim Fairchild rejoined Modest Mouse in February 2009, and has continued to tour with them both nationally and internationally.

Jim Fairchild released his second album, Oh for the Getting and Not Letting Go, on June 30,2009.

Jim Fairchild resumed his position in Modest Mouse in 2009.

Jim Fairchild participated in the writing and recording of their 2015 album, Strangers to Ourselves.

In 2010, Jim Fairchild was selected to lead a project at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and was credited on Admiral Radley's first album, I Heart California.

On March 1,2011, Jim Fairchild released All Smiles third full-length album, Staylow and Mighty, on his own Small Aisles label.

In March 2020, Jim Fairchild launched a new project, Grace Meridian, in collaboration with Plummer, Cresswell, and Temme Scott, on the Between A and B imprint.

Jim Fairchild announced his departure from Modest Mouse in June 2021 via Instagram.