Editing Jeff Baxter (section)

{{Short description|American guitarist (born 1948)}}
{{for|the member of the Washington State Senate|Jeff Baxter (politician)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Jeff Baxter
| image             = Jeff-baxter (cropped).jpg
| caption           = Baxter performing at USO of Metropolitan Washington-Baltimore’s 36th Annual Awards Dinner in Washington, D.C. May 10, 2018.
| birth_name        = Jeffrey Allen Baxter
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|1948|12|13|mf=y}}<br />Washington, D.C., United States
| alias             = 
| occupation        = {{hlist|Musician|songwriter|producer|[[military advisor]]}}
| instrument        = {{hlist|Guitar|pedal steel · piano · congas<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SM_eJKVlzs&list=RD7SM_eJKVlzs|title=Do It Again - Steely Dan &#124; The Midnight Special|date=May 30, 2023|access-date=July 31, 2024|via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>}}
| background        = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| genre             = {{hlist|[[Rock music|Rock]]|[[Jazz fusion#Jazz rock|jazz-rock]]|[[blue-eyed soul]]}}
| associated_acts   = [[The Doobie Brothers]], [[Steely Dan]], [[Donna Summer]], [[Jimmy James and the Blue Flames]], [[Ultimate Spinach]], The Best, [[Bobby and the Midnites]], [[Side Deal]]
| label             = {{hlist|[[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]|[[Capitol Records|Capitol]]|Glass Records|[[Arista Records|Arista]]}}
| years_active      = 1968–present
| website           = 
}}

'''Jeffrey Allen''' "'''Skunk'''" '''Baxter''' (born December 13, 1948) is an American guitarist, known for his stints in the [[rock and roll|rock]] bands [[Steely Dan]] and [[The Doobie Brothers]] during the 1970s and [[Spirit (band)|Spirit]] in the 1980s. More recently, he has worked as a defense consultant and advised U.S. members of Congress on [[missile defense]].<ref name=all>{{Cite web|title = Jeff Baxter {{!}} Biography & History|url = http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jeff-baxter-mn0000815795|website = [[AllMusic]]|access-date = 2015-12-27}}</ref> He was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] as a member of The Doobie Brothers in 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Doobie Brothers {{!}} Rock & Roll Hall of Fame |url=https://www.rockhall.com/doobie-brothers |website=Rockhall.com |access-date=15 January 2020}}</ref>