Before Jeff ‘Skunk’ Baxter became the revered Steely Dan guitar player and famed session hand that worked with the likes of Joni Mitchell, Donna Summers and Dolly Parton, he began his career working ...

Jeff “Skunk” Baxter spent a portion of his childhood in Mexico City. He calls those years “a blessing” for the wide variety of music he was exposed to, which spanned everything from Django Reinhardt ...

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Jeff "Skunk" Baxter recalled how he helped make Donna Summer’s “Hot Stuff” a hit using a $35 guitar. And the Steely Dan co-founder, who went on to work with the Doobie Brothers, said he nearly hadn’t ...

If there’s any musician who should have done an album of his own years ago, it’s Jeff “Skunk” Baxter. The guitarist was part of the original Steely Dan band and spent five years in the Doobie Brothers ...

The music world has a substantial number of Forrest Gumps — or, if you`d prefer, Zeligs — players who show up seemingly everywhere, even in the most unlikely situations. But you’d be hard-pressed to ...