Gert "Kralle" Krawinkel (21 April 1947 – 16 February 2014) was a German musician, best known as the guitarist of the 1980s pop group Trio.

Krawinkel's music career started in the mid-1960s in nearby Bremerhaven, where he played the guitar in a band called "The Vampyr".

Krawinkel subsequently got a teaching job, but still played guitar in several bands, including the Emsland Hillbillies and George Meyer & Company.

Krawinkel had written the lyrics for the album entirely in English, but allowed another friend Rio Reiser to translate them into German.

In 1998, Krawinkel got an entry in the Guinness Book of Records by riding the longest distance from Seville to Hamburg by horse.