Wolf Krakowski was born in Saalfelden Farmach Displaced Person’s Camp (U.S. Occupied Zone) Austria and raised in Eskilstuna, Sweden and Toronto, Canada. He is a self-taught musician and self-described musical primitive. Krakowski has played in the Original Upper Canada Ragtime Mama Jug Band with Mendelson Joe and Daisy DeBolt. He has also played the blues and prepared chicken with Mississippi bluesman Big Joe Williams who traveled with his own frying pan.