Jeff "Skunk" Baxter - China Grove, 11/13/2023, Alexandria, VA 

I understand he has some skill sets around software development and the missile defence program (Star Wars). Typical musician 'eh!?

@@larrybethune3909 It was actually naval missile defence for carrier battle groups. Maybe he offered some expertise on Star Wars, too. The man is talented in the way few of us are.

Agreed. He's got great taste in music too, loves Spirit/Randy California.

Didn't he play with steely Dan

@@Phredbo he did.

Yeah I think shink Baxter was the best guitarist for steely Dan and argumentally the best guitarist ever

Yeah, he never really stepped out and had a solo career as Glenn Campbell did.

The other day a radio station asked Ted Nugent who he thought was the best guitar player ever his first reply was Mitch Ryder since Mitch had taught Ted a lot of licks his second pick was Glen Cambell

Congratulations on using the most overused comment on youtube. You whats really a treasure ? Originality. Aisle 5. Go find some

@@user-qm6xy6ie6r Was that necessary? And actually, the most overused comment is "underrated". Which, he is. You know what's really a treasure? People who can write a complete sentence and punctuate it properly. Basic English. 3rd grade. Attend.

@@crupert23225 so you're like a professional idiot ? Got it.

@@crupert23225 Allow me to invoke another overused comment. That was EPIC! Well done.

jeff is double cool. amazing talent, and a double naught spy.

I might have been the bass player in your band....this sounds familiar. You did have good bass player, btw....if it was me. LOL

@@jimdep6542 A shame the name wouldn't match. The bass player was named Paul. We met at his house as his father was a musician. This was 1973-74 in North Carolina.

@@TheBent139 Rats.......the years are right, .......but the bass player's name, his father being a musician and North Carolina don't match up. My name's Jim, I was in the SF Bay Area and my dad was in the USMC and didn't like my taste in music. ....oh well, it was worth asking. We would have had some fun memories to share.

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And that made your band the most important rock band in the world. Your band was greater than the billion dollar bands that stand on million dollar stages every night with "perfect" musicians in their ranks. It's the garage bands that really rock the world, IMHO.

That's a stretch.

@@joshrandall5297 Stretch yer taffy.

Sneaky Pete thinks so too. Where ever he is. :)

I respectfully disagree. He’s totally appreciated to those who know.

Looks like he has an extra knob or switch.

He was one of the founding members of Steely Dan… him, Denny Diaz, David Palmer. Walter Becker, and Donald Fagen…. Classic seventies jazz/boogie, urban rock band. Katy Lied, Can’t Buy a Thrill & Countdown to Ecstasy, Journeyman Guitarist Extraordinaire. …

This was in San Juan Capistrano, California.

@@Freempgwell the title shows this is in Va.

I was surprised see that was where the fiddle was coming from.

do it again my favorite solo of his steely dan

My wife and I played two albums obsessively in late 1973 -- The Doobie Brothers' "The Captain and Me" and Steely Dan's "Countdown To Ecstasy." Baxter played on both of them!

Minute by Minute, takin to the streets, livin on the fault line, captain and me are all equally great... songs? Pure as the driven snow, livin on the fault line, for someone special... the skunk years were my favorite years though

@@andyinoregon love steely too... there was never anyone like them before or after...

I was wrong in NYC , 2 DAYS 2 SHOWS A NITE & HE ONLY PLAYED A TEASE... AT LEAST HE PLAYED A COUNTRY VERSION OF THE SONG !!

He also played with the last formation of Ultimate Spinach

To still be able to pick it like that at his age is incredible. He hasn't lost anything. He's gained a lot !

@@billmiller2646 Couldn’t have said it better bill, he’s getting better the older he gets👍✌️😊

We all have our favs... but beats them four? Whatever it is you're smokin'... moderation bud, moderation.

No shit……😂😂😂

Baxter is much better than those 4 guitar players you mentioned…he did session work in all genres of music…Beck, Clapton, Gibbons, Page and yes Hendrix are way more famous and popular but there are loads of guitar players more skilled than they are/were. Those guys knew/know that. They may be better for you because you like the way they sound but many are more skilled. Check the RU-vid video where Alice Cooper talks of Van Halen trying to get Cooper to get him a lesson with Glen Campbell. Why? Because Campbell was a truly great guitar player…better than Van Halen. Campbell was a session player for all genres of music from Sinatra to rock, folk and country… as was Baxter…Hendrix knew that there were many players better than him and he said it many times. Popularity doesn’t equate to skill. Check out old Jerry Reed, Brent Mason, Scotty Anderson, Albert Lee, Jack Pearson, Johnny Hiland, Lenny Breau, Chet, Tommy Emmanuel, Guthrie Trapp and Danny Gatton. These guys are truly skilled…beyond anything those popular stars can or could do…and Baxter could play with those guys.

@@betterdogbehaviornow581 yeah, Jimmy Page is just a hack...

Ugh. Will fix

He played pedal steel on South City Midnight Lady which is two albums before that He also played on the preceding What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits album. Stampede was his first work as an actual member.

His live performance of "Showbiz Kids" on NBC's "The Midnight Special (aired on Aug. 31, 1973) was stunning, but the album version actually featured Rick Derringer on slide guitar. If you want to hear the best of Jeff Baxter from "Countdown To Ecstasy," listen to "The Boston Rag."