Walter "Shakey" Kreinz

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Born and raised in the south of Styria his first musical influences were the typical polkabands of a farming region in Austria. "Little Walter" was enormously fascinated by the trumpets and so he started to struggle with this instrument for some time.

After a short intermezzo with the double bass he discovered bass players like John Entwhistle of the band "The Who", or James Jamerson, the legendary Motown bass player. After long years of travelling back home in Styria he met a young, talented singer and guitar player. His name "Oliver Mally".

We are in the year of 1991 and "Sir" Oliver Mally’s Bluesdistillery was found. Since then Walter "Shakey" Kreinz mainly works with "Sir" Oliver and the Blues Distillery. Hundreds of shows and thousands of miles across Europe and the journey continues ...