Editing Jeff Baxter

{{Short description|American guitarist (born 1948)}}
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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>

==Early life and education==
Jeffrey Baxter was born in [[Washington, D.C.]], and spent some of his formative years in Mexico.<ref name=all/><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.joness.com/gr300/jeff-baxter-electronic-musician_roland-users-group_volume-1_number-1.htm | title=Jeff Baxter - Electronic Musician - Roland Users Group Interview - Volume 1 - Number 1|website=Joness.com }}</ref> He graduated from the [[Taft School]] in 1967 in [[Watertown, Connecticut|Watertown]], [[Connecticut]], and was a self-described [[preppie]].<ref name=AOL>{{cite web| url= http://www.granatino.com/sdresource/skunk.htm| title= Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter online interview| first= Jeff| last= Baxter| publisher= America Online| date= July 13, 1992| via=Granatino.com| url-status= dead| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20000530114310/http://www.granatino.com/sdresource/skunk.htm| archive-date= May 30, 2000| website= AOL.com| access-date= September 5, 2017| df= mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.taftschool.org/alumni/nophoto.aspx?storyname=treygenesis10 |url-status= dead| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130808063433/https://www.taftschool.org/alumni/nophoto.aspx?storyname=treygenesis10| archive-date= August 8, 2013| title= Rock and Roll Hall of Fame| website=[[Taft School]] |date=2010-03-25 |access-date= 2016-01-26}}</ref> He enrolled at the School of Public Communication (now College of Communication) at [[Boston University]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://trajectorymagazine.com/web-exclusives/item/1394-unconventional-weapons.html|title=Jeff "Skunk" Baxter Interview|website=Trajectorymagazine.com|access-date=2016-01-27|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202020311/http://trajectorymagazine.com/web-exclusives/item/1394-unconventional-weapons.html|archive-date=February 2, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref> in September 1967, where he studied journalism<ref name= rocker /> while continuing to perform with local bands.  His freshman roommate was blues musician [[James Montgomery (singer)|James Montgomery]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://lefsetz.com/wordpress/2022/05/05/jeff-skunk-baxter-this-weeks-podcast/ | title=Jeff "Skunk" Baxter-This Week's Podcast|website=Leftsetz.com | date=May 5, 2022 }}</ref>

==Music career==
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===Early years===
Baxter joined his first band at age 11.<ref name= rocker /> At the Taft School, he played drums in a band called King Thunder and the Lightning Bolts.<ref>{{cite journal| title= King Thunder Band| first= Chris "Kit"| last= Brown| journal= Taft Bulletin| url= https://www.taftschool.org/uploaded/Bulletin/2016Summer/TaftSum16spreads.pdf |date= Summer 2016| page= 5| publisher= Taft School| access-date= September 5, 2017}}</ref> While still a high school student, he worked at Jimmy's Music Shop in Manhattan in 1966. At Jimmy's, Baxter met guitarist [[Jimi Hendrix]], who was just beginning his career as a [[frontman]].<ref name="Roby">{{Cite book| last = Roby| first = Steven| title = Black Gold: The Lost Archives of Jimi Hendrix| location = New York City| publisher = [[Billboard Books]]| year = 2002| isbn = 0-8230-7854-X| pages = 53–54}}</ref> Later, Baxter claimed to have sat in with the Hendrix-led band [[Jimmy James and the Blue Flames]], when the regular bassist could not make the show.<ref name="Roby"/>  Moving to Boston to attend college, Baxter worked as a guitar technician and amplifier repairman at Jack's Drum Shop on Boylston Street.

Baxter first reached a wide rock audience in 1968 as a member of the [[psychedelic rock]] band [[Ultimate Spinach]].<ref name= rocker>{{cite news |url= https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB111689939107541385 | title= Rocker Jeff Baxter Moves and Shakes In National Security| first= Yochi J.| last= Dreazen| author-link= Yochi Dreazen| date= May 24, 2005| work= [[The Wall Street Journal]] | access-date= September 5, 2017 | via= [[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]| archive-date= June 7, 2015| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150607015454/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB111689939107541385}} [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05144/509629.stm Alt URL]</ref>

Baxter joined the band for ''[[Ultimate Spinach III]]'', their third and final album.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = Jeff Baxter (credits)|url = http://www.discogs.com/artist/336761-Jeff-Baxter?filter_anv=0&type=Credits| website = Discogs.com |access-date = 2015-12-27}}</ref> After leaving the band, he played with the [[Holy Modal Rounders]] and backed singer [[Buzzy Linhart]].<ref name=AOL /><ref>{{Cite web|title = GP Flashback : Jeff Baxter, December 1980|url = http://www.guitarplayer.com/article/gp-flashback--jeff-baxter-december-1980/3998|website = Guitarplayer.com|access-date = 2015-12-27|last = Obrecht|first = Jas|archive-date = July 20, 2013|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130720123346/http://www.guitarplayer.com/article/gp-flashback--jeff-baxter-december-1980/3998|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = GP Flashback : The Doobie Brothers, June 1976|url = http://www.guitarplayer.com/article/gp-flashback--the-doobie-brothers-june-1976/3999|website = Guitarplayer.com|access-date = 2015-12-27|last = Menn|first = Don|archive-date = December 3, 2013|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131203004531/http://www.guitarplayer.com/article/gp-flashback--the-doobie-brothers-june-1976/3999|url-status = dead}}</ref> He was using the moniker "Skunk" by this time; so far, Baxter has kept the origin of the nickname a secret.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-may-20-me-39121-story.html|title=Origin of Ex-Doobie's Nickname Revealed--Well, Maybe|first1=Miguel|last1=Bustillo|first2=Patrick|last2=McGreevy|date=May 20, 1999|access-date=December 14, 2017|website=Articles.latimes.com}}</ref>

===With Steely Dan===
After the breakup of Ultimate Spinach, Baxter relocated to Los Angeles, finding work as a [[session guitarist]].

In 1972, he became a founding member of the band [[Steely Dan]], along with guitarist [[Denny Dias]], guitarist-bassist [[Walter Becker]], keyboardist-vocalist [[Donald Fagen]], drummer [[Jim Hodder (musician)|Jim Hodder]] and vocalist [[David Palmer (vocalist)|David Palmer]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/music/story/2022-07-31/jeff-skunk-baxter-a-rock-hall-of-famer-and-u-s-government-defense-contractor-picks-carefully|title=Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter is a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and a ballistic missile and anti-terrorism expert|date=July 31, 2022|newspaper=[[San Diego Union-Tribune]]|access-date=November 16, 2023}}</ref>

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. He contributed the guitar [[Fill (music)|fills]] and signature solo heard on the group's highest charting hit "[[Rikki Don't Lose That Number]]."<ref name=":0" />

===With The Doobie Brothers===
[[File:The Doobie Brothers - Jeff Skunk Baxter.jpg|thumb|Baxter performing with [[The Doobie Brothers]] in the 70s.]]
While finishing work on ''Pretzel Logic'', Baxter became aware of Becker and Fagen's intentions to retire Steely Dan from touring and work almost exclusively with session players. 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]]''.

As a session man, he had contributed pedal steel guitar on ''Vices'' as well as "South City Midnight Lady" on its predecessor, ''[[The Captain and Me]]''. Baxter's first album as a full member of the group was 1975's ''[[Stampede (The Doobie Brothers album)|Stampede]]''. He contributed an acoustic interlude ("Precis") and significant turns on slide and pedal steel guitar.

While preparing to tour in support of ''Stampede'', Doobie Brothers founder [[Tom Johnston (US musician)|Tom Johnston]] was hospitalized with a stomach ailment. To fill in for Johnston on vocals, Baxter suggested bringing in singer-keyboardist [[Michael McDonald (singer)|Michael McDonald]], with whom Baxter had worked in Steely Dan. 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 (The Doobie Brothers 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.S. and spawned several hit singles; Baxter's work on the album includes an extended solo at the end of the closing track "How Do the Fools Survive?".

In early 1979, Baxter left the band, as did drummer and band co-founder [[John Hartman]].

===Later 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]], [[Tim Weisberg]], [[Joni Mitchell]], [[Ricky Nelson]], [[Dolly Parton]], [[Carly Simon]], [[Ringo Starr]], [[Gene Simmons]], [[Rod Stewart]], [[Burton Cummings]], [[Barbra Streisand]], and [[Donna Summer]].<ref name=AOL /> He has worked as a touring musician for [[Elton John]],<ref name=AOL /> [[Linda Ronstadt]],<ref name=AOL /> and [[Billy Vera and the Beaters]].

In 1982, he featured on [[Spirit (band)|Spirit]]'s album ''Spirit of '84,'' released as ''[[The Thirteenth Dream]]'' outside of the US.<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r18663/review|pure_url=yes}} Review of ''Spirit of '84''] at Allmusic.com</ref>

In 1984, Baxter played keyboards with [[Bobby and the Midnites]]' [[Bob Weir]], [[Billy Cobham]], [[Bobby Cochran]], [[Kenny Gradney]] ("Tigger"), and Dave Garland at the Capitol Theatre in Passaic, New Jersey.<ref name="BobbyMidnitesConcert">{{cite web| url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syEOq1Syr4I |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/syEOq1Syr4I| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live| via= YouTube| title= Bobby and The Midnites - Full Concert - 08/01/84 - Capitol Theatre (Official)|date=December 29, 2014 | place= Capitol Theatre (Passaic, New Jersey)| access-date= September 5, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> That same year, he produced and played guitar and synthesizer on the band's album ''[[Where the Beat Meets the Street]]'' on Columbia Records.

In 1986, Baxter joined [[James Brown]] and [[Maceo Parker]] on guitar for several North American tour dates.<ref name="Ritz 1986">''[http://www.musicvault.com/james-brown/video/theres-no-business-like-show-business-cold-sweat_1011948.html 1/26/1986 - Ritz (New York, NY)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518091432/http://www.musicvault.com/james-brown/video/theres-no-business-like-show-business-cold-sweat_1011948.html |date=May 18, 2015 }}'', Music Vault</ref>

In 1990, Baxter joined [[John Entwistle]], [[Joe Walsh]], [[Keith Emerson]], [[Simon Phillips (drummer)|Simon Phillips]] and relatively unknown vocalist Rick Livingstone in a [[Supergroup (music)|supergroup]] called [[The Best (band)|The Best]].  The group released a live performance video in Japan before disbanding. He also produced two albums for the [[hard rock]] band [[Nazareth (band)|Nazareth]], and also produced albums for [[Carl Wilson]], [[Livingston Taylor]], [[The Ventures]], and [[Nils Lofgren]]. He was producer on the 1982 [[Bob Welch (musician)|Bob Welch]] album [[Eye Contact (Bob Welch album)|''Eye Contact'']]. In 1991 Baxter also produced a documentary video, "Guitar" (Warner Brothers VHS and LaserDisc), in which he travels the world and interviews guitarists he admires. In 1994 he performed on the video game ''[[Tuneland]]''.

In 1997 Baxter [[Film score|scored]] the movie ''The Curse of Inferno''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-07-21-re-26379-story.html|title='J.R.' Will Sell Malibu Spread|last=Ryon|first=Ruth|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=July 21, 1996|access-date=July 25, 2019}}</ref>

Baxter continues to do studio work, most recently on tribute albums to [[Pink Floyd]] and [[Aerosmith]]. In 2012, he appeared on keyboardist [[Brian Auger]]'s ''Language of the Heart'', and [[The Beach Boys]]' ''[[That's Why God Made the Radio]]''. 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 Poneman]], formerly of the [[United States National Security Council]] and later the Obama Administration's Deputy Secretary of Energy; and [[Lincoln Bloomfield Jr.]], former United States [[Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs]]. On June 19, 2007, Baxter jammed with former White House Press Secretary [[Tony Snow]]'s band Beats Workin' at the [[Congressional Picnic]] held on the White House South Lawn.

===Other media===
Baxter appeared on the TV sitcom ''[[What's Happening!!]]'' in the two-part episode "Doobie or Not Doobie" (1978) as a member of the Doobie Brothers.

Baxter worked on the animated TV series ''[[King of the Hill]] '' in 1997, composing songs for three episodes: "Peggy the Boggle Champ", "Hank's Unmentionable Problem", and "Square Peg". Also in 1997, he worked on two other TV series as a composer: ''[[The Blues Brothers]] Animated Series'' and ''The Curse of Inferno''. He composed for ''[[Shelley Duvall|Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories]]'' TV series episode "Bootsie Barker Bites/Ruby the Copycat" in 1993, the ''[[Pee-wee's Playhouse]]'' episode "Tons of Fun"  in 1987, and the ''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]'' episode "The Green Room" in 1990. He is credited on the movie soundtrack for the feature film ''[[Roxanne (film)|Roxanne]]'' (1987) as writer and producer for the songs "Party Tonight" and "Can This Be Love". Other credits include music for ''[[Class of 1984]]'' (1982): "You Better Not Step Out of Line" and as a performer on "Suburbanite".{{citation needed|date= September 2017}} He appeared in the film ''[[Blues Brothers 2000]]'' and can be heard on the cast album.

Baxter has appeared in a number of documentaries, including ''[[Jan & Dean]]: The Other [[Beach Boys]]'' (2002), ''[[The History of Rock 'n' Roll]]'' (1995), ''[[American Bandstand]]'s 40th Anniversary Special'' (1995), ''Emerson'' (2013), ''Turn It Up!'' (2013), ''[[Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who]]'' (2007), ''Overnight'' (2003), ''The Doobie Brothers: Let the Music Play'' (2012), ''The Making of 'Blues Brothers 2000' '' (1998) and ''Guitar'' (1991).<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,315571,00.html|title = Guitar|website = EW.com|date = 1991-09-20|access-date = October 19, 2014|archive-date = December 21, 2009|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091221094521/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,315571,00.html|url-status = dead}}</ref>

==Defense consulting career==
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[[File:Jeff baxter.jpg|thumb]]
Baxter fell into his second profession almost by accident. In the mid-1980s, his interest in music recording technology led him to wonder about hardware and software originally developed for military use, specifically [[data compression]] [[algorithm]]s and large-capacity storage devices.<ref name= rocker />

His next-door neighbor was a retired engineer who had worked on the [[AIM-9 Sidewinder|Sidewinder]] missile program.<ref name= rocker /> This neighbor bought Baxter a subscription to ''[[Aviation Week & Space Technology|Aviation Week]]'' 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 wrote a five-page paper that proposed converting the ship-based anti-aircraft [[Aegis combat system|Aegis]] missile into a rudimentary missile defense system.<ref name= rocker />

He gave the paper to [[California]] Republican Congressman [[Dana Rohrabacher]], and his career as a defense consultant began.
Baxter received a series of [[security clearance]]s so he could work with classified information. In 1995, [[Pennsylvania]] Republican 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.

Baxter's work with that panel led to consulting contracts with the Pentagon's [[Missile Defense Agency]] and [[National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency]]. He consults for the [[United States Department of Defense|US Department of Defense]] and the US intelligence community, as well as defense-oriented manufacturers such as [[Science Applications International Corporation]], [[Northrop Grumman Corp.]], [[General Dynamics]], and [[General Atomics|General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc.]] He has said his unconventional approach to thinking about [[terrorism]],<ref name= rocker /> tied to his interest in technology, is a major reason the government sought his assistance.

"We thought turntables were for playing records until [[rapping|rappers]] began to use them [[turntablism|as instruments]], and we thought airplanes were for carrying passengers until terrorists realized they could be used as missiles,"<ref>Quiggin, Thomas. [https://books.google.com/books?id=6QCcuV1seUcC&pg=PA37 ''Seeing The Invisible''], World Scientific, 2007, p. 37. {{ISBN|981-270-482-5}}</ref> Baxter 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]] advocating missile defense.<ref name= rocker /> He served as a national spokesman for Americans for Missile Defense, a coalition of organizations devoted to the issue.

In 2000, Baxter considered challenging Representative [[Brad Sherman]] for the [[California's 24th congressional district|24th Congressional District]] seat in California before deciding not to run.<ref>{{cite book| first1= Michael| last1= Barone| first2= Richard E. |last2= Cohen |title= The Almanac of American Politics| year= 2002| page= 222 }}</ref>

In April 2005, he joined the [[NASA]] [[Vision for Space Exploration|Exploration Systems]] Advisory Committee.

Baxter was a member of an independent study group that produced the Civil Applications Committee Blue Ribbon Study recommending an increased domestic role for US spy satellites in September 2005.<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.fas.org/irp/eprint/cac-report.pdf
 |title=Civil Applications Committee Blue Ribbon Study
 |publisher=Department of Homeland Security
 |date=September 2005
}}</ref>
This study was first reported by ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' on August 15, 2007.<ref>{{cite news
 |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB118714764716998275
 |title=U.S. to Expand Domestic Use of Spy Satellites
 |work= The Wall Street Journal
 |date=August 15, 2007
| first=Robert
| last=Block
}}</ref> He is listed as "Senior Thinker and [[Raconteur]]" at the [[Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition]],<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.ihmc.us/users/user.php?UserID=jbaxter
 |title= Jeffrey Baxter
 |website=Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition |access-date=2014-07-29
}}</ref> and is a [[Fellow#Fellowships as a special membership grade|Senior Fellow]] and Member of the [[Governing boards of colleges and universities in the United States|Board of Regents]] at the [[Potomac Institute for Policy Studies]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://potomacinstitute.org/about-us/fellows |work=Potomac Institute for Policy Studies |title=Fellows |access-date=6 December 2019}}</ref>

==Discography==
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'''With [[Richie Havens]]'''
* ''The End of the Beginning'' (A&M Records, 1976)
* ''Connections'' (Elektra Records, 1980)

'''With [[Steve Cropper]]'''
* ''Night After Night'' (MCA Records, 1982)

'''With [[Glen Campbell]]'''
* ''[[Somethin' 'Bout You Baby I Like (album)|Somethin' 'Bout You Baby I Like]]'' (Capitol Records, 1980)

'''With [[Dolly Parton]]'''
* ''[[Heartbreaker (Dolly Parton album)|Heartbreaker]]'' (RCA Records, 1978)
* ''[[9 to 5 and Odd Jobs]]'' (RCA Records, 1980)
* ''[[Heartbreak Express]]'' (RCA Records, 1982)

'''With [[Ringo Starr]]'''
* ''[[Time Takes Time]]'' (Private Music, 1992)
* ''[[Vertical Man]]'' (Mercury Records, 1998)

'''With [[Jackie DeShannon]]'''
* ''Quick Touches'' (Amherst Records, 1978)

'''With [[Livingston Taylor]]'''
* ''[[Man's Best Friend (album)|Man's Best Friend]]'' (Epic Records, 1980)

'''With [[Al Kooper]]'''
* ''Championship Wrestling'' (Columbia Records, 1982)

'''With [[Steely Dan]]'''
* ''[[Can't Buy a Thrill]]'' (ABC Records, 1972)
* ''[[Countdown to Ecstasy]]'' (ABC Records, 1973)
* ''[[Pretzel Logic]]'' (ABC Records, 1974)

'''With [[Rod Stewart]]'''
* ''[[Tonight I'm Yours]]'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1981)
* ''[[When We Were the New Boys]]'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1998)

'''With [[Dalbello]]'''
* ''[[Drastic Measures (Dalbello album)|Drastic Measures]]'' (Capitol Records, 1981)

'''With [[Judy Collins]]'''
* ''[[Hard Times for Lovers]]'' (Elektra Records, 1979)

'''With [[Carly Simon]]'''
* ''[[Carly Simon (album)|Carly Simon]]'' (Elektra Records, 1971)
* ''[[Playing Possum]]'' (Elektra Records, 1975)
* ''[[Another Passenger]]'' (Elektra Records, 1976)

'''With [[Leo Sayer]]'''
* ''[[Here (Leo Sayer album)|Here]]'' (Warner Bros.Records, 1979)

'''With [[Joe Cocker]]'''
* ''[[Heart & Soul (Joe Cocker album)|Heart & Soul]]'' (EMI, 2004)

'''With [[Elton John]]'''
* ''[[Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy]]'' Deluxe Edition - Live Concert, Wembley, June 21, 1975  (Island reissue, 2005)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/elton-expands-captain-fantastic-with-live-tracks-61880/|title=Elton Expands 'Captain Fantastic' With Live Tracks|website=Billboard.com|date=August 4, 2005|access-date=July 18, 2023}}</ref>

'''With [[Deniece Williams]]'''
* ''I'm So Proud'' (Columbia Records, 1983)
* ''[[Let's Hear It for the Boy (album)|Let's Hear It for the Boy]]'' (Columbia Records, 1984)

'''With [[John Mellencamp]]'''
* ''[[Nothin' Matters and What If It Did]]'' (Riva Records, 1980)

'''With [[Albert King]]'''
* ''Red House'' (Essential Records, 1991)

'''With [[Dusty Springfield]]'''
* ''[[It Begins Again]]'' (Mercury Records, 1978)

'''With [[Barbra Streisand]]'''
* ''[[Wet (album)|Wet]]'' (Columbia Records, 1979) 
* ''[[Till I Loved You (album)|Till I Loved You]]'' (Columbia Records, 1988)

'''With [[Tom Rush]]'''
* ''[[Ladies Love Outlaws (Tom Rush album)|Ladies Love Outlaws]]'' (Columbia Records, 1974)

'''With [[Donna Summer]]'''
* ''[[Bad Girls (Donna Summer album)|Bad Girls]]'' (Casablanca Records, 1979)
* ''[[The Wanderer (Donna Summer album)|The Wanderer]]'' (Geffen, 1980)

'''With [[Cher]]'''
* ''[[Stars (Cher album)|Stars]]'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1975)

'''With [[Carl Wilson]]'''
* ''[[Youngblood (Carl Wilson album)|Youngblood]]'' (Caribou Records, 1983)

'''With [[Steve Goodman]]'''
* ''Hot Spot'' (Asylum Records, 1980)
* ''Unfinished Business'' ([[Red Pajamas Records|Red Pajamas]], 1987)

'''With [[Joni Mitchell]]'''
* ''[[The Hissing of Summer Lawns]]'' (Asylum Records, 1975)

'''With [[The Beach Boys]]'''
* ''[[That's Why God Made the Radio]]'' (Capitol Records, 2012)
{{div col end}}

===Solo albums===
*''Speed of Heat'' (2022, BMG Records)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Jeff Baxter}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070106064934/http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003524858 Editor & Publisher article referencing the 2006 White House Correspondents' Association dinner]
* [http://www.huembwas.org/News2/WR%20Concert.htm Article and photos about the "Coalition of the Willing" band]
* [http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2005/apr/HQ_05106_esac_meeting.html NASA Establishes Exploration Systems Advisory Committee] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027010058/http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2005/apr/HQ_05106_esac_meeting.html |date=October 27, 2020 }}, NASA.gov
* [https://www.today.com/news/doobie-brother-now-secret-weapon-terror-wbna10480407 Interview on ''Today'' show] (December 2005), MSNBC.com
* {{cite news| url= http://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2003-03-14/149432/ | title= Crash Course: Guitar Workshop With Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter| first= Greg| last= Beets| date= March 14, 2003| work= [[Austin Chronicle]]|  access-date= September 5, 2017}}
* [https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/jeff-skunk-baxter Jeff "Skunk" Baxter Interview] at [[NAMM Oral History Program|NAMM Oral History Library]] (2001)
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