Born 1962 and raised in Vienna, gone to school in Vienna, lived and worked in Vienna, Austria, Europe and the rest of the northern hemisphere. First interest of music were dad´s records: Everly Brothers, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Pat Boone.
Dad plays piano, his great-granduncle, was Hofkapellmeister at the tsar´s court in Saint Petersburg in Russia!
Mummy also plays piano, her mom, my granny, piano, and granddaddy, a painter, also violin in addition.
Piano was my first instrument, instruction from 7-11,
guitar got me at age 13 and I am still learning and hopefully always will.
First band-experiences were before graduation from high school with a group named "Goetterdaemmerung". Only Gig: the school conclusion fair for the catholics, what a challenge as I am protestant! I played guitar and electrified harmonica and we even dared over J.Geils Band´s "Whamma Jamma"!
The first regular appearances followed at "Papas Tapas" and "Roter Engel", two down town bars, where the bosses allowed me to gig once a week. Thus I earned my first money and my first experience.
At that time I was really bad. The bosses heard it, I heard it but it did not disturb none of us.
Guitarheroes for me were Big Bill Broonzy, then Merle Travis and now Guy van Duser. On electric guitar first B.B. King, then Cliff Gallupp, Albert Lee and Herb Ellis, and finally Danny Gatton (he was the greatest and is still unbeaten). Because I did not have anything to do besides going to University to study law, I began to learn Hawaiian steel guitar.
My first regular band was "Nugget", who I toured the US with in 1984 with excursion to Nashville/TN and Black Mountain/NC. I played Dobro and Helmut Mitteregger still plays there.
1988 establishment of the legendary "JOHNNY & THE CREDIT CARDS" with Sam Beadle from Oxford/GB and Paul Kreshka from LA/California. Formation years with the "Salty Dogs", "Tex Robinson" and the rest of Austria´s Country, Blues, Rock-a-billy and Swing scene.

These days in a Duo
with Chromy (Viennese songs)
with Chromy (Rock'n'Roll, Hillbilly and Swing)
in a trio with Otahal, piano
in a quartet withYannou Pinu, marching drum.

Unbeatable like Napoleon.
Blessed like Bush, Blair and the Pope.