Jeff Baxter

Jeff " Skunk " Baxter ( born December 13, 1948 in Washington, DC; actually Jeffrey Baxter) is a rock guitarist and dobro player, known for his work with Steely Dan and the Doobie Brothers.

Baxter's music career began in the 1960s when he was a member of the Holy Modal Rounders was briefly. In 1969 he worked on the last album of the psychedelic rock band Ultimate Spinach. In 1972, he then began work with Steely Dan, and played lead guitar on their debut album Can not Buy a Thrill. After Countdown to Ecstasy and Pretzel Logic from 1973 from 1974, but took over the lead guitar parts Walter Becker, so that Baxter had become superfluous.

He then moved to the Doobie Brothers, and was involved in the same year in the recording of What Once Were Vices Are Now Habits. After that, he still played a total of four albums of the band and put it also occasionally a steel guitar. In 1979 he left the Doobies back then.

Since the mid -1970s, Baxter was also active as a session musician. He was active in a variety of genres. Among the musicians who accompanied Baxter, include, for example, Al Kooper, Rod Stewart, Joni Mitchell, Ringo Starr, Rick Nelson, Barbra Streisand, Bryan Adams, Donna Summer, Dolly Parton, Carly Simon, Hoyt Axton and Freddie Hubbard.

Baxter toured in 1990 with Keith Emerson ( Emerson, Lake & Palmer ), John Entwistle ( The Who ), Joe Walsh (Eagles ) and the profiled studio drummer Simon Phillips under the band name The Best of Hawaii and Japan. An album of this occupation did not materialize.

Later Baxter was also active as a music producer, he produced several albums of Nazareth. His interest grew in military technologies, which meant that he was hired in 2001 by the U.S. government.

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