Edward Winterhalder

Edward Winterhalder (born 1955)[1] is an American author and screenwriter who has written eleven books and five screenplays about motorcycle clubs and the outlaw biker culture; a television producer that has produced programs about motorcycle clubs and the outlaw biker lifestyle for networks and broadcasters worldwide;[2] and a singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer.[1] One of his books, The Assimilation: Rock Machine Become Bandidos, has been published in multiple languages.[3][4]

Edward Winterhalder
Edward Winterhalder at a book signing in Lansing, Michigan
Born1955 (age 64–65)
New England
NationalityUS
OccupationMusician
Author
Television Producer
Screenwriter

Early life

Winterhalder was born in New England, grew up in southern Connecticut, and moved to Oklahoma in 1975 after serving in the US Army. In Oklahoma he joined the Rogues Motorcycle Club and was a close associate of the Bandidos outlaw motorcycle club from 1979 to 1997, and a high-ranking member of the Bandidos from 1997 to 2003.[1]

Music

Under the pseudonym of Warren Winters, Winterhalder formed the Warren Winters Band in the 1980s after fronting the Connecticut Dust Band during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Playing guitar and singing lead vocals, he utilized a group of studio musicians and his childhood friend Kurt Newman (drums) to record the As I Was debut album in 1984 on the Shovster Records label. In 1988, the Crossbar Hotel album was recorded at Grace Recording Studios in Connecticut with Warren Winters (guitar & lead vocals), Andy Rutman (guitar), Kurt Newman (drums), Lou Sabetta (keyboards) and Mario Figueroa (bass). On both albums, the song writing credits noted that all songs were written by Edward Winterhalder.[1]

In 1995, a Best Of Warren Winters CD was mastered and produced by Chris Westerman of Blackwater Sound in New Hampshire. Along with hit songs from the As I Was and Crossbar Hotel albums, the CD featured a few songs from his Connecticut Dust Band days and some unreleased tracks from studio sessions.[1] While the music of the Warren Winters Band was once described as being somewhere between rock n roll and progressive country, a 2011 article in France compared the Warren Winters Band sound to Acey Stone, Circuit Rider and Justen O'Brien.[5]

In February 2019, Kentucky-based Sophomore Lounge Records announced that a 30th anniversary limited edition vinyl LP record reissue of the Warren Winters Band Crossbar Hotel album would be released on April 5, 2019.[6] Then And Now by the Warren Winters Band was released in March of 2020; the record included previously unreleased songs written by Edward Winterhalder that were recorded between 1974 and 2020. [7]

Bandidos

In May 1997 Winterhalder established the Oklahoma chapter of the Bandidos and was the high-ranking member of the Bandidos responsible for the assimilation of a Canadian outlaw motorcycle club known as the Rock Machine into the Bandidos, which became the first Canadian chapters of the Bandidos motorcycle club. Winterhalder left the Bandidos in September 2003 to spend time with his family, pursue business interests and better manage his construction company.[1]

Career

Since 2005, Winterhalder has authored or co-authored books, and produced television shows about the Harley-Davidson biker culture. He is the creator/executive producer of Steel Horse Cowboys: Leather, Chrome & Thunder, Real American Bikers: War Dogs MC,[8] Biker Chicz[9] and Living on the Edge: Riding with the Vietnam Vets Motorcycle Club in Pennsylvania,[10] and is the subject of a feature-length documentary movie that was being filmed in 2015 and 2016 in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Dubai.[11][12][13][14]

Winterhalder is a consultant to the entertainment industry for television shows and feature films that focus on the biker lifestyle,[15] has appeared in TV shows on National Geographic aka Nat Geo (US, Australia, UK & New Zealand), History Television (Canada), the History Channel (US & Australia), Global TV (Canada), Prime TV (New Zealand), and the AB Groupe (France, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands and southwest Germany), and has been interviewed on Fox News Channel,[16] the O'Reilly Factor hosted by Bill O'Reilly,[17] ABC Nightline,[18] MSNBC News Nation,[19] Inside Edition,[20] and CBC.

He has been a featured author on Bravo TV's "The Word"[21] in the same episode as JK Rowling, has appeared in the Outlaw Bikers[22] television series in Canada, and been quoted in magazines and newspapers such as GQ,[23] Vice Media,[24] USA Today,[25][26] Seattle Weekly,[27] the Austin Chronicle,[28] the Sunshine Coast Daily in Australia, and The Guardian in England UK.

Winterhalder was a keynote speaker at the 2019 Emirates Airline Festival of Literature in Dubai; his session was moderated by Sameer Al Jaberi, a native of the United Arab Emirates.[29] In 2015, he was interviewed by Pat Campbell for the Pat Campbell radio show on 1170 KFAQ in Tulsa, Oklahoma.[30]

Books and DVDs
  • Winterhalder, Edward; Teatum, Marc (2015), The Blue And Silver Shark: A BIker's Story, Blockhead City Inc, ISBN 0-9899997-4-2
  • Winterhalder, Edward; De Clercq, Wil (2014), Biker Chicz, Blockhead City Inc, ISBN 0-9899997-2-6
  • Winterhalder, Edward; Parke, Iain (2013), The Ultimate Biker Anthology, Blockhead City Inc, ISBN 0-9899997-0-X
  • Winterhalder, Edward; Teatum, Marc (2012), The Moon Upstairs: A Biker's Story, Blockhead City Inc, ISBN 0-9771747-8-6
  • Winterhalder, Edward; Teatum, Marc (2011), One Light Coming: A Biker's Story, Blockhead City Inc, ISBN 0-9771747-5-1
  • Winterhalder, Edward; De Clercq, Wil (2010), Biker Chicz of North America, Blockhead City Press, ISBN 0-9771747-3-5
  • Winterhalder, Edward; Pruner, John (2011), Biker Chicz TV Series
  • Winterhalder, Edward; Biggar, Gary; Boyko, Ryan (2009), Outlaw Bikers TV Series
  • Winterhalder, Edward; Larson, James Richard (2010), The Mirror: A Biker's Story, Blockhead City Press, ISBN 0-9771747-2-7
  • Winterhalder, Edward; McCarroll, Russell; Palumbo, Robert (2009), Marked TV Series
  • Winterhalder, Edward; Veno, Arthur (2009), Biker Chicks: The Magnetic Attraction of Women to Bad Boys and Motorbikes, Allen & Unwin, ISBN 1-74175-695-2
  • Winterhalder, Edward; Larson, James Richard (2009), All Roads Lead to Sturgis: A Biker's Story, Blockhead City Press, ISBN 0-9771747-1-9
  • Winterhalder, Edward; Tyson, Elizabeth; Wagner, Ian (2008), Gangland TV Series
  • Winterhalder, Edward; De Clercq, Wil (2008), The Assimilation: Rock Machine Become Bandidos - Bikers United Against the Hells Angels, ECW Press, ISBN 1-55022-824-2
  • Winterhalder, Edward; Terreson, Bruce (2007), Living On The Edge TV Series
  • Winterhalder, Edward (2006), Out in Bad Standings: Inside the Bandidos Motorcycle Club - the Making of a Worldwide Dynasty, Blockhead City Press, ISBN 0-9771747-0-0

Videos

Discography

As Producer
  • At Long Last - LP (1980) – Connecticut Dust Band [31]
  • As I Was - LP (1984) – Warren Winters Band [32]
  • Crossbar Hotel - LP (1988) – Warren Winters Band [6]
  • Best Of Warren Winters - CD (1995) – Warren Winters Band [1]
  • Then And Now - LP (2020) – Warren Winters Band [7]

As Songwriter
Year Song Artist Album Contribution
1980 "Too Bad" Connecticut Dust Band At Long Last Writer [31]
"It’ll Change" Connecticut Dust Band At Long Last Writer [31]
"Be My Lady" Connecticut Dust Band At Long Last Writer [31]
"I Own The Best" Connecticut Dust Band At Long Last Writer [31]
"A Ballad Of A Man" Connecticut Dust Band At Long Last Writer [31]
"By My Side" Connecticut Dust Band At Long Last Writer [31]
"Let Me Be Your Friend" Connecticut Dust Band At Long Last Writer [31]
"For I’m In Love" Connecticut Dust Band At Long Last Writer [31]
"Someday I Will" Connecticut Dust Band At Long Last Writer [31]
"Peacefulness" Connecticut Dust Band At Long Last Writer [31]
1984 "Long, Long Time Ago" Warren Winters Band As I Was Writer [32]
"When I Care" Warren Winters Band As I Was Writer [32]
"Together" Warren Winters Band As I Was Writer [32]
"Hate In My Eyes" Warren Winters Band As I Was Writer [32]
"Butt For Now" Warren Winters Band As I Was Writer [32]
"You And I Girl" Warren Winters Band As I Was Writer [32]
"When You Were Mine" Warren Winters Band As I Was Writer [32]
"Just To Say (I Love You)" Warren Winters Band As I Was Writer [32]
"All I Want" Warren Winters Band As I Was Writer [32]
"Going Back Home" Warren Winters Band As I Was Writer [32]
1988 "Crossbar Hotel" Warren Winters Band Crossbar Hotel Writer [6]
"Through The Years" Warren Winters Band Crossbar Hotel Writer [6]
"Oh, Can’t You See" Warren Winters Band Crossbar Hotel Writer [6]
"This Land Of Freedom" Warren Winters Band Crossbar Hotel Writer [6]
"Free" Warren Winters Band Crossbar Hotel Writer [6]
"We Know They Lied" Warren Winters Band Crossbar Hotel Writer [6]
"The Will To Fight" Warren Winters Band Crossbar Hotel Writer [6]
"You Live Forever" Warren Winters Band Crossbar Hotel Writer [6]
"So" Warren Winters Band Crossbar Hotel Writer [6]
"Just Like Before" Warren Winters Band Crossbar Hotel Writer [6]
“Prove My Love” Warren Winters Band Crossbar Hotel Writer [6]
2020 "Runaway" Warren Winters Band Then And Now Writer [7]
"A Never Ending Love" Warren Winters Band Then And Now Writer [7]
"Where Will I Be" Warren Winters Band Then And Now Writer [7]
"Love, Love, Love" Warren Winters Band Then And Now Writer [7]
"Every Day" Warren Winters Band Then And Now Writer [7]
"Ol Red Roy" Warren Winters Band Then And Now Writer [7]
"Can't You Understand" Warren Winters Band Then And Now Writer [7]
"Your Best Friend" Warren Winters Band Then And Now Writer [7]
"A Beautiful Soul" Warren Winters Band Then And Now Writer [7]
"The Name Of The Game" Warren Winters Band Then And Now Writer [7]

References
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  2. "Edward Winterhalder". IMDB. Retrieved 2019-07-08.
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  10. "Living on the Edge: Riding with the Vietnam Vets Motorcycle Club in Pennsylvania (2007)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2012-10-24.
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  30. "Interview with edward winterhalder". 1170kfaq.com. Retrieved 2015-05-23.
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