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Jeffrey "Skunk" Baxter

Background information
Born December 13, 1948 (1948-12-13) (age 59) in Washington, D.C.
Genre(s) Rock
Instrument(s) Electric Guitar, Guitar synthesizer, Acoustic Guitar
Years active 1968 - present
Associated acts The Doobie Brothers
Steely Dan

Jeff "Skunk" Baxter (born December 13, 1948 in Washington, D.C.) is an American guitarist best known for his stints in the rock bands Steely Dan and The Doobie Brothers during the 1970s. Events 1294 - Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months Celestine hoped to return to his previous life Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. An electric guitar is a type of Guitar that uses pickups to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings into an electrical current which is made louder This is about synthesizers which can be played like guitars for the portable keyboard synthesizers that are held like guitars see Keytar. See also Acoustic Guitar (magazine An acoustic guitar is a Guitar that uses only acoustic methods to project the sound produced by its strings The Doobie Brothers are an American rock group. They have sold over 22 million albums in the United States from the 1970s to the present Steely Dan is a American rock band centered on core members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. Events 1294 - Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months Celestine hoped to return to his previous life Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African Steely Dan is a American rock band centered on core members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. The Doobie Brothers are an American rock group. They have sold over 22 million albums in the United States from the 1970s to the present More recently, he has been working as a defense consultant, and he chairs a Congressional Advisory Board on missile defense. Missile defense is a system weapon or technology involved in the detection tracking interception and destruction of attacking Missiles Originally conceived as a defence against

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Early career

While working at Manny's Music Shop in Manhattan in 1966, Baxter met guitarist Jimi Hendrix, who was just beginning his career as a frontman. Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York James Marshall Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix) (November 27 1942 – September 18 1970 was an American Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter For a short period during that year, Baxter was a member of a Hendrix-led band called Jimmy James and the Blue Flames, along with fellow Manny's employee Randy California. Jimmy James and the Blue Flames was an American rock band formed in 1966 by legendary Guitarist Jimi Hendrix. Randy California (born Randy Craig Wolfe; February 20 1951 &ndash January 2 1997 was a guitarist singer and songwriter and one of the original members of the rock group

Jeff graduated from The Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut and attended the School of Public Communication (now College of Communication) at Boston University, entering as a freshman in September 1967, where he studied journalism and continued his work with local Boston bands.

Baxter first reached the larger rock audience in 1968 as a member of the psychedelic rock band Ultimate Spinach. Psychedelic rock is a style of Rock music that attempts to replicate the mind-altering experiences of hallucinogenic drugs. Ultimate Spinach was a psychedelic / Hard rock / Blues band originally from Boston Baxter joined that band for their third and final album, titled III.

With Steely Dan

After the breakup of Ultimate Spinach, Baxter relocated to Los Angeles, California, finding work as a session guitarist. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West In 1972 he became a founding member of the band Steely Dan, along with guitarist-bassist Walter Becker, keyboardist Donald Fagen, guitarist Denny Dias, drummer Jim Hodder and vocalist David Palmer (and session player Elliott Randall on various tracks). Steely Dan is a American rock band centered on core members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. Walter Becker (born Walter Carl Becker, 20 February 1950, in Queens, New York) is an American musician and record producer Donald Jay Fagen (born January 10, 1948 in Passaic New Jersey) is an American Musician and Songwriter. Denny Dias (born December 1946 in Philadelphia) is an American Guitarist most known for being a founding member of Steely Dan. Jim Hodder ( December 17, 1947 – June 5, 1990) was an American Drummer, best known as the original drummer for Steely David Palmer is an American vocalist and Songwriter, most noted for his lead vocals on the Steely Dan song "Dirty Work" and as lyricist Elliott Randall (born 1947) is an American Guitarist most known for being a Session musician with popular artists Becker and Fagen were employed at the time as staff songwriters for ABC Records, and they formed the band as a vehicle to promote their songs. ABC Records started in 1955 as ABC-Paramount Records the record label of Am-Par Record Corporation (a subsidiary of American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres

Baxter appeared with Steely Dan on their first three albums, Can't Buy a Thrill in 1972, Countdown to Ecstasy in 1973, and Pretzel Logic in 1974. Can't Buy a Thrill is the first Album by Steely Dan. Originally released in 1972 (see 1972 in music) the album was a huge success Countdown to Ecstasy was the second album by rock group Steely Dan in July 1973. Pretzel Logic is the third Steely Dan Album, originally released in 1974 Among his contributions was the guitar solo on the 1974 hit single "Rikki Don't Lose That Number". " Rikki Don't Lose That Number " is a single released in 1974 by rock/pop/jazz group Steely Dan.

With the Doobie Brothers

While finishing work on Pretzel Logic, Baxter became aware of Becker and Fagen's intentions to retire Steely Dan from touring, and to work almost exclusively with session players in the future. With that in mind, Baxter left the band in 1974 to join The Doobie Brothers, who at the time were touring in support of their fourth album What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits. The Doobie Brothers are an American rock group. They have sold over 22 million albums in the United States from the 1970s to the present What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits is the fourth studio album by American rock band The Doobie Brothers, released in 1974 As a session man, he had contributed pedal steel guitar to "Black Water" on Vices as well as "South City Midnight Lady" on its predecessor, The Captain and Me. The Captain and Me is the third studio album by American rock band The Doobie Brothers, released in 1973. Baxter's first album as a full member of the group was 1975's Stampede. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Stampede is the fifth studio album by American rock band The Doobie Brothers, released in 1975 Baxter contributed an acoustic interlude entitled "Precis," significant turns on slide and pedal steel guitar, and the guitar solo for the hit single "Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me A Little While)".

While preparing to tour in support of Stampede, Doobie Brothers founder Tom Johnston was hospitalised with a stomach ailment. Tom Johnston (born 15 August 1948, Visalia, California) is a U To fill in for Johnston on vocals, Baxter suggested bringing in singer-keyboardist Michael McDonald, with whom Baxter had worked in Steely Dan. Michael McDonald (born February 12, 1952, in St Louis Missouri) is an American R&B / soul Singer and Songwriter With Johnston still convalescing, McDonald soon was invited to join the band full-time. McDonald's vocal and songwriting contributions, as well as Baxter's jazzier guitar style, marked a new direction for the band. They went on to continued success with the 1976 album Takin' It to the Streets, 1977's Livin' on the Fault Line, and particularly 1978's Minute by Minute, which spent five weeks as the #1 album in the U. Takin' It to the Streets is the sixth studio album by American rock band The Doobie Brothers, released in 1976 Livin' on the Fault Line is the seventh studio album by American rock band The Doobie Brothers, released in 1977 Minute by Minute is the eighth studio album by American rock band The Doobie Brothers, released in 1978 S. and spawned several hit singles.

In early 1979, Baxter and co-founding drummer John Hartman left the band. John Hartman (born 18 March 1950, in Falls Church Virginia) is a U

Post-Doobie Brothers music career

Baxter has continued working as a session guitarist for a diverse group of artists, including Willy DeVille, Bryan Adams, Hoyt Axton, Eric Clapton, Gene Clark, Sheryl Crow, Freddie Hubbard, Joni Mitchell, Rick Nelson, Dolly Parton, Carly Simon, Ringo Starr, Rod Stewart, Barbra Streisand, and Donna Summer. Willy DeVille (b August 25 1950 is an American Singer and Songwriter. {Otherpeople|Brian Adams}} Bryan Adams OC, OBC, (born Bryan Guy Adams on November 5, 1959) is a Canadian rock Hoyt Wayne Axton ( March 25, 1938 – October 26, 1999) was an American Country music Singer - Songwriter, Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945 is an English Blues-rock Guitarist, singer Songwriter and Composer Gene Clark, born Harold Eugene Clark (born Tipton Missouri, November 17, 1944 - May 24, 1991) was an American Sheryl Suzanne Crow (born February 11, 1962) is an American Singer-songwriter and Musician. Frederick Dewayne Hubbard (born April 7 1938 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American Jazz Trumpeter. Joni Mitchell, CC (born Roberta Joan Anderson on November 7 1943) is a Canadian Musician, Songwriter, and Eric Hilliard "Ricky" Nelson, later known as Rick Nelson ( May 8, 1940 &ndash December 31, 1985) was an Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American Country music Singer / Songwriter, Author, actress Carly Elisabeth Simon (born June 25 1945 is an Oscar, Golden Globe and two time Grammy Award -winning American Singer-songwriter, Ringo Starr, MBE (born Richard Starkey on 7 July 1940 is an English Musician, Singer, Songwriter and Actor Roderick "Rod" David Stewart, CBE (born 10 January 1945 is a Singer and Songwriter born and raised in London England and currently Barbra Streisand (ˈstraɪsænd "STRY-sand" born April 24 1942 is an American Singer, Film and Theatre Actress Donna Summer (born LaDonna Adrian Gaines December 31, 1948) is an American Singer-songwriter and Musician who gained He has worked as a touring musician with Elton John and Linda Ronstadt and Billy Vera and the Beaters. Sir Elton Hercules John CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947 is an English pop / rock Singer, Composer Linda Maria Ronstadt (born July 15 1946 in Tucson Arizona) is an American popular vocalist and Entertainer whose vocal styles in a variety In 1990, Baxter joined John Entwistle, Joe Walsh, Keith Emerson and Simon Phillips in an abortive supergroup called "The Best". Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) John Alec Entwistle ( October 9, 1944 – June 27, 2002) was an English Bass guitarist, Songwriter, Singer Joseph Fidler "Joe" Walsh (born November 20, 1947) is an American Guitarist, songwriter and Rock musician He has been a Keith Noel Emerson (born 2 November 1944 in Todmorden, West Yorkshire) is a British Keyboard player and composer Simon Phillips (born 6 February 1957 in London) is a prolific English Jazz and rock Drummer. SuperGroup is a Reality show on the channel VH1. The show puts together five Heavy metal musicians packed into a large mansion that must play a show after The group released a live performance video in Japan before disbanding. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. He also produced several albums for the hard rock band Nazareth, Carl Wilson, and Livingston Taylor, The Ventures and Nils Lofgren. Hard rock (also referred to as heavy rock) is a variation of Rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage and Psychedelic rock Nazareth are a Scottish rock band that had several Hard rock hits, as well as scoring with the Felice and Boudleaux Bryant -penned Ballad Carl Dean Wilson ( December 21, 1946 – February 6, 1998) was an American Rock and roll Singer and Guitarist Livingston Taylor (born November 21, 1950) is an American Singer-songwriter, originally from Boston, Massachusetts. For the Swedish scientist who developed the anaesthetic Lidocaine, see Nils Löfgren. He also appeared in Blues Brothers 2000 and can be heard on the cast album. He was producer on a Bob Welch album in 1982, "Eye Contact". In 1994 Baxter performed on the video game Tuneland. Tuneland is a musical children's computer game produced in 1993 by a division of 7th Level, Kids' World Entertainment

He continues accepting studio work; his most recent such work involved tribute albums to Pink Floyd and Aerosmith. Pink Floyd are Aerosmith is an American Hard rock band sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston " and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band" He also occasionally plays in The Coalition of the Willing, a band comprising Andras Simonyi, Hungarian Ambassador to the United States; Alexander Vershbow, US Ambassador to South Korea; Daniel B. '''he''' Mr András Simonyi was the Hungarian Ambassador to the United States between Alexander "Sandy" Vershbow was born in Boston Massachusetts and attended the Buckingham Browne & Nichols School before moving on to Yale College, from Poneman, formerly of the United States National Security Council and now of The Scowcroft Group; and Lincoln Bloomfield, former United States Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs. The White House National Security Council ( NSC) in the United States is the principal forum used by the President for considering National The Scowcroft Group, an international advisory company is managed by Brent Scowcroft, former National Security Advisor to U The Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs is a position within the American Department of State that manages the Bureau of Political-Military On June 19, 2007, Baxter jammed with White House Press Secretary Tony Snow's band Beats Workin at the Congressional Picnic held on the South Lawn of the White House. Events 1179 - The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

Defense consulting career

Baxter fell into his second profession almost by accident. In the mid-1980s, Baxter's interest in music recording technology led him to wonder about hardware and software that was originally developed for military use, i. e. data-compression algorithms and large-capacity storage devices. As it happened, his next-door neighbor was a retired engineer who had worked on the Sidewinder missile program. The AIM-9 Sidewinder is a heat-seeking, short-range Air-to-air missile carried by Fighter aircraft and recently certain gunship helicopters This neighbor bought Baxter a subscription to an aviation magazine, provoking his interest in additional military-oriented publications and missile defense systems in particular. He became self-taught in this area, and at one point he wrote a five-page paper that proposed converting the ship-based anti-aircraft Aegis missile into a rudimentary missile defense system. The Aegis combat system is an integrated weapons system used by the United States Navy. He gave the paper to California congressman Dana Rohrabacher, and his career as a defense consultant began. Dana Tyron Rohrabacher (born June 21 1947 in Coronado California) is a Californian politician who has been a Republican member of the United

Backed by several influential Capitol Hill lawmakers, Baxter received a series of classified security clearances. In 1995, Pennsylvania congressman Curt Weldon, then the chairman of the House Military Research and Development Subcommittee, nominated Baxter to chair the Civilian Advisory Board for Ballistic Missile Defense. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern Wayne Curtis "Curt" Weldon (born July 22, 1947) is an American politician

Baxter's work with that panel led to consulting contracts with the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. The Missile Defense Agency ( MDA) is the section of the United States government's Department of Defense responsible for developing a layered defense The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency ( NGA) is an agency of the United States Government with the primary mission of collection analysis and He now consults to the U.S. Department of Defense and the U. The United States Department of Defense ( DOD or DoD) is the federal department charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government S. intelligence community, as well as for defense-oriented manufacturers including Science Applications International Corporation ("SAIC"), Northrop Grumman Corp. and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. He has been quoted as saying his unconventional approach to thinking about terrorism, tied to his interest in technology, is a major reason he became sought after by the government. Science Applications International Corporation ( SAIC) is a FORTUNE 500 scientific engineering and technology applications company in the United States with Northrop Grumman Corporation ( is an Aerospace and defense technology company formed by the 1994 purchase of Grumman by Northrop. General Atomics is a nuclear physics and Defense contractor headquartered in San Diego California.

"We thought turntables were for playing records until rappers began to use them as instruments, and we thought airplanes were for carrying passengers until terrorists realized they could be used as missiles," he has said. "My big thing is to look at existing technologies and try to see other ways they can be used, which happens in music all the time and happens to be what terrorists are incredibly good at. "

Baxter has also appeared in public debates and as a guest on CNN and Fox News Channel advocating missile defense. Cable News Network, usually referred to by its Initialism CNN, is a major English language Television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner He served as a national spokesman for Americans for Missile Defense, a coalition of conservative organizations devoted to the issue.

In April 2005, he joined the NASA Exploration Systems Advisory Committee (ESAC). The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program The Vision for Space Exploration is the United States space policy announced on January 14, 2004 by U

Baxter was a member of an independent study group that produced the "Civil Applications Committee Blue Ribbon Study" recommending an increased domestic role for U. S. spy satellites in September 2005. [1] This study was first reported by the Wall Street Journal on August 15, 2007. [2]

Notes

  1. ^ Civil Applications Committee Blue Ribbon Study. Department of Homeland Security (September 2005). Events in September It is the start of the academic year in many countries in the Northern Hemisphere. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
  2. ^ U.S. to Expand Domestic Use of Spy Satellites. Wall Street Journal (August 15, 2007). Events 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

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