02 Track 2 Every Candle

08 Track 8 City Of Waterfalls (Instrumental)

07 Track 7 I'll Feel Fine

09 Track 9 One More Time Around The Sun

1 Deserts And Highways(remix)

2 Raindrop In The Wind(remix)

7 Too Many Clocks - Instrumental(remix)

9 Brothers And Sisters(remix)

10 Like A Rainbow(remix)

Frank Klinger talks to Mark Newman about the origins of his Hamilton, Ontario based rock band, Windchilfacter, his musical influences, solo career, and the musicians who record and perform as Windchilfacter.

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WCF Podcast #1 with Mark Newman (Windchilfacter's Origins)

8 I Am Your Friend(remix)

Frank Klinger of Hamilton, Ontario rock band, Windchilfacter, talks to Mark Newman about how the song "Satisfaction" from Hard Echoes - Remix came to be and reveals some of his songwriting and recording processes.

WCF Podcast #2 with Mark Newman (Satisfaction)

Frank Klinger of Hamilton, Ontario rock band, Windchilfacter, talks to Mark Newman about how the band's "signature song", "Raindrop In The Wind" from the album Hard Echoes - Remix came about and discusses songwriting, production and collaboration.

WCF Podcast #3 with Mark Newman (Raindrop In The Wind)

Frank Klinger of Hamilton, Ontario rock band, Windchilfacter, talks to Mark Newman about how the song "I Am Your Friend" from Hard Echoes - Remix was born, how Frank's lyrics are captured, structural elements of the song and the importance of friendships.

WCF Podcast #4 with Mark Newman (I Am Your Friend)

Frank Klinger of Hamilton, Ontario rock band, Windchilfacter, talks to Mark Newman about how the song "Gonna Miss You" from Hard Echoes - Remix and the people in his life who passed away who inspired the song.

WCF Podcast #5 with Mark Newman (Gonna Miss You)

Frank Klinger of Hamilton, Ontario rock band, Windchilfacter, talks to Mark Newman about the muse behind his song "Like A Rainbow" from Hard Echoes - Remix, songwriting inspiration, and how his guitar leads are written.

WCF Podcast #6 with Mark Newman (Like A Rainbow)

Frank Klinger's Windchilfacter, an original rock band five decades in the making, is lead by Hamilton, Ontario based singer-songwriter, composer and guitarist, Frank Klinger.

At six years of age, Frank had his first guitar lesson. He starting writing music in his early teens and now, almost 50 years after that first guitar lesson, with dozens of songs and instrumental compositions ready to record and play, he has formed Windchilfacter with Sean O'Grady (lead producer, drums, percussion), Joel Banks (producer, bass), Miles Evans (producer, keyboards, backup vocals) and Chris Ayries (backup vocals and backup vocal arranging).

In September 2017, less than five months after the first rehearsal with Sean O'Grady and Joel Banks in Frank's basement studio, they recorded their first album, "Hard Echoes" at the world renowned Grant Avenue Studio in downtown Hamilton. 

In the late spring/summer of 2018, Windchilfacter went back into the studio and recorded their second album, City of Waterfalls. The band took their sound to another level with the addition of Miles Evans and Chris Ayries, so the next project was obvious to Frank. He went back to "Hard Echoes" and added Miles and Chris! "Hard Echoes-Remix" is now part of the Windchilfacter discography.

"Musical ideas are like butterflies floating around in my head; sometimes I pick one off and save it. Once I have a guitar in my hand, it doesn't take long to find a melody. I had no idea how talented these musicians are," said Klinger of his new bandmates. "When Sean pulled in Miles, the whole sound of the band went to another level. All these guys are intelligent and intuitive when it comes to music. The arrangement is their interpretation of the song."

Windchilfacter's rock/pop/blues influences range from Led Zeppelin to The Allman Brothers, Pink Floyd, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Alan Parsons, Elton John, Boston, Gordon Lightfoot, Carly Simon, Jeff Beck, Carlos Santana, The Who, and David Bowie.

Over the past year, the band has been performing at well-established music venues in Hamilton as well as other cities in Southern Ontario and plan to release their third album later in 2019.

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