Freddie "Steady" Krc was born Alfred Edward Krc (rhymes with birch) on April 17, 1954 in Houston, Texas. His parents, Pauline and Alfred, soon moved Freddie and his older sister Kathy to the Gulf Coastal town of LaPorte, Texas. It was here in LaPorte, as Freddie grew up during the 1960's, that his unique musical style began to take shape.

Freddie is closely related to members of the Ray Krenek Orchestra, a family polka band that has existed in Texas since the mid-1800's. While this relationship had an influence on his musical direction, it was the more modern sounds of England, and San Francisco combined with American folk music that molded his musical tastes. Freddie reacted to the "British Invasion" by arming himself with a pair of drumsticks and joining his first band ("The Sound Kings") at the age of ten. He began his formal musical training at LaPorte Elementary School and continued with both school and private lessons until graduating from LaPorte High School. Freddie says that some of the largest influences on his musical direction came from The Beatles, Moby Grape, and Woody Guthrie.

After graduating from high school Freddie attended Lon Morris College in Jacksonville Texas. Here he majored in theology, while preparing for the ministry. However, his calling came from another area, music. He left college in 1973 and played in a cover band before moving to Austin in January of 1974.

Austin has been Freddie's base ever since. Although he has spent extended periods of time in San Francisco, Los Angeles and London, he has always maintained his permanent residence in Austin. It was in his new found home of Austin that he hooked up with B.W. Stevenson in 1975. This marked the beginning of his recording career. He played with Stevenson on the Warner Brothers label, Steven Fromholtz on Capital, and Denim on Epic, all in 1976. It was here also that The Explosives were formed and played backup for Roky Erickson. They then moved on to the Punk scenes of San Francisco and Los Angeles.

One of Freddie's longest running musical relationships was with Austin icon Jerry Jeff Walker. Freddie first recorded with Jerry Jeff on the 1977 MCA release A Man Must Carry On and later that same year, Contrary To Ordinary. This classic JJW recording remains one of Freddie's favorite albums. Freddie continued to record with Jerry Jeff through Walker's Electra recordings, Jerry Jeff (Nacona Boot) and Too Old To Change.

In the late 70's and into the 80's Krc put much of his efforts into The Explosives. While this punk trio (Waller Collie on bass, Cam King on lead guitar, Freddie Krc on drums) took up much of his time, Freddie also recorded with other artists during this era. Some of those artists were Carol King, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Butch Hancock, Ponty Bone and Wes McGhee.

During the 1980's Freddie's music became increasingly popular in the United Kingdom. He spent a great deal of time in London and found European audiences very appreciative of American country music. During this period he recorded Freddie Steady's Wild Country - Lucky 7 in England. This album was first released in America and later in the UK.

While playing in London Freddie made contacts that eventually led him to return to his ancestral homeland of Czechoslovokia. After long negotiations, he was able to work out a recording deal with the Czechoslovakian government record label. However, before the deal could be completed, a revolution put an end to the government record label, and to the government itself. After the revolution, Freddie was again able to secure a recording contract in Czechoslovakia, this time with a private record label. The result is the 1990 release When The Wall Came Down.

As Jerry Jeff reemerged as a musical force in the late 1980's and into the 1990's, Freddie joined him as the drummer in his band, "The Gonzo Compadres." Freddie spent years on the road, over 200 nights a year, with Jerry Jeff, John Inmon and Bob Livingston. This foursome is the backbone of the six albums Walker released in the 90's.

In 1990 Freddie formed "The Shakin Apostles", a band billed as playing "Electric Western Folk-Rock". John Inmon joined Freddie on the two CD's that the band has released, The Shakin' Apostles released in 1993 and Tucson released in 1995. In late 1996 a German Record company (Blue Rose Records) released a CD that is a mix of songs from the first two CD's plus a number of previously unreleased live cuts. In 1997, Blue Rose released the band's third CD, Medicine Show.

By 1998, Freddie's talents had drawn the attention of Hollywood music magnate Randy Poe. Mr. Poe arranged for the American release of Medicine Show in 1998. Over the next couple of years, Freddie’s attention turned more and more to producing his own music. This natural sequence of events eventually led to Freddie leaving Jerry Jeff's band after playing his last show with them on New Year's Eve 2000.

The highly acclaimed "Too Hot for Snakes" CD was recorded live at Austin's Continental Club in 1999 and released in 2000. In retrospect, this session was Freddie's "coming out" party. Since that time, his career has flourished. No longer confined to a stool at the back of the stage, his talents have expanded into several quarters of the music business. While his focus has been the Shakin’ Apostles, Freddie has found time to appear in the studio as a musician for many artists and a producer for others. He produced "Firepower" by 3 Balls of Fire. This first-rate release caused one critic to note, “this record did for surf music what Brian Wilson did for pop music.” His talents as a drummer have not been lost during this time either and he recently honed those skills on two European tours as a member of Calvin Russell’s band.

2002 found Freddie in front of an expanding audience with another CD release and the inclusion of one of his songs in a major Hollywood movie. The spring of 2002 was brightened by the release of “Purpose”, staring John Light, Megan Dodds, Peter Coyote, Hal Holbrook, Paul Reiser, and Mia Farrow. The real star of the show however, is the soundtrack, featuring “Missing You Tonight” off the “Medicine Show” CD. In the fall of 2002, “Frontier A-Go-Go” was released on Big Tex records and has been met with high praise and enthusiasm by both fans and critics.

As 2003 unfolds, expect the velocity of Freddie’s career to continue its rapid pace. From his Austin base Freddie will be touring the country both as a solo act and with the Shakin’ Apostles. His writing and producing continue to impress those in the music business as the “baby-faced drummer” transforms into a mature musical talent.