Guitarist and composer, born on September 23 1944 in Brinkley Arkansas. At a tender age, he and his family moved to Saint Louis Missouri. He has had a lengthy association with blues legend, Bennie Smith who mentored him from a very young age.

Around 1963 / 1964, he played on a live recording by Ike & Tina Turner which was recorded at the Longhorn Ranch” in Dallas Forthwith Texas. By 1970, he was a member of Motherlode's new line up. He composed Whippoorwil which was the B side of their single [m=1519058]. He was later in the Isaac Hayes Movement. Shinault also provided the music for Fred Williamson's 1976 film, Death Journey. The intro song for the film was a cover of [m=85763] which was originally done by People’s Choice.

in 2015, he recorded his album Taken care of Bizzness, (CDV Studios).