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

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  • @handerson8150
    @handerson8150 9 місяців тому +26

    I LOVE it when artists reinterpret their work. A new version often becomes a new favorite! This is GREAT!

    • @theswampfox9584
      @theswampfox9584 3 місяці тому +1

      China Grove doesn’t belong to Skunk Baxter it’s Tom Johnstons

  • @myvalium1
    @myvalium1 11 місяців тому +91

    You just gotta kick back and appreciate Jeff Baxter’s talent

    • @larrybethune3909
      @larrybethune3909 11 місяців тому +3

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

    • @ToddSauve
      @ToddSauve 11 місяців тому +2

      @@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.

    • @lauriequeripel6083
      @lauriequeripel6083 11 місяців тому +3

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

  • @johnherdt
    @johnherdt 8 днів тому +4

    Jeff is a national treasure. He's a storyteller of the highest order, but he also played some outstanding solos on hits back in the day that we took for granted. This rocks.

  • @anthonymicale3989
    @anthonymicale3989 11 місяців тому +92

    Jeff Baxter is a national treasure.

    • @Patriot-x8y
      @Patriot-x8y 11 місяців тому

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

    • @crupert23225
      @crupert23225 11 місяців тому +10

      @@Patriot-x8y 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.

    • @Patriot-x8y
      @Patriot-x8y 11 місяців тому

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

    • @bevo65
      @bevo65 11 місяців тому +6

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

    • @youngyeller
      @youngyeller 11 місяців тому +2

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

  • @Starman261A
    @Starman261A Рік тому +16

    Jeff. Thanks a lot. Doobie Brothers and this song bring back some great memories.

  • @NEWYORKPATRIOT-cp2tx
    @NEWYORKPATRIOT-cp2tx 11 місяців тому +91

    Folks throw around the words "under rated" a lot. But Skunk Baxter is truly one of the most over looked guitar players in American history. His experience includes playing with Hendrix. We've all heard his playing on too many great recordings. And yet thats only part of who he is. He's a brilliant expert on , of all things BALLISTIC MISSLE DEFENSE and worked for the US defense dept. How's that for a kicker? A wonderful guitarist and a brilliant patriot. God bless Jeff "Skunk" Baxter. He's truly a great American.

    • @Phredbo
      @Phredbo 11 місяців тому +2

      Didn't he play with steely Dan

    • @newstarcadefan
      @newstarcadefan 11 місяців тому +1

      @@Phredbo he did.

    • @Phredbo
      @Phredbo 11 місяців тому +2

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

    • @Scott__C
      @Scott__C 11 місяців тому +1

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

    • @Phredbo
      @Phredbo 11 місяців тому +2

      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

  • @richardcuccia
    @richardcuccia 11 місяців тому +9

    Now, that was fun, silly, & quite talent-filled. Thanks. Richard

  • @daleowens156
    @daleowens156 11 місяців тому +10

    I was at the show and he was great!!

  • @jerrym1183
    @jerrym1183 11 місяців тому +6

    Am left speechless after that, --- wow --- am always looking for new Talent and I found it with Mr. Baxter and this Band👍

  • @joshuapost8564
    @joshuapost8564 7 місяців тому +15

    why is Jeff Baxter one of the GOATs of the 70s? This. This right here

  • @NickRatto
    @NickRatto 11 місяців тому +1

    One hell of a story line you’ve made us all fell so damn good over the yrs n yet to be play it again n again never gets ole 🕰🐜🎶😎

  • @JeffStrickland
    @JeffStrickland 11 місяців тому +12

    YESSSS! This scratched an itch I didn't know I had. lol Friggin' love it!

  • @Mo_Ketchups
    @Mo_Ketchups 11 місяців тому +22

    Didn’t see anyone give props to that BASS player-voice is PERFECT on this!! 👏👏🤟

  • @Clayton-t5i
    @Clayton-t5i 19 днів тому +5

    Fantastic, I am now a Skunk Baxter fan, I guess I always was, just didn't know all the stuff he did until I watched Rick Beato yesterday, so glad I know now.

  • @ivansavoie3190
    @ivansavoie3190 11 місяців тому +17

    Great version even greater guitarist,

  • @bevo65
    @bevo65 11 місяців тому +3

    This is good stuff all around. Wow -- thanks, algorithm!

  • @johnforeman634
    @johnforeman634 11 місяців тому +5

    Whenever I see someone playing guitar like that I get so damn jealous! That has to be one of the coolest skills a person could have. No money can buy that. It must be earned over a long period of time.

  • @rogerduckwall4146
    @rogerduckwall4146 2 місяці тому +6

    Wow!!!! What an amazing twist!!!! Im blown away!!!!!

  • @geraldhartley
    @geraldhartley 11 місяців тому +13

    Well that was unexpected! 😆 What a talented skunk he is.

  • @joelabriola2493
    @joelabriola2493 Місяць тому +3

    It's such a pleasure watching Skunk play!🎉❤

  • @PlymouthVT
    @PlymouthVT 3 дні тому +1

    David Crosby's son Raymond is playing the piano! His albums with his Dad are absolutely beautiful. RIP David.

  • @TheBent139
    @TheBent139 11 місяців тому +46

    We had a band when I was 13 and we pretty much played cuts from that album and What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits..we were awful but we did have a good guitarist. I was the lead singer and my voice was changing. We still got all the cute neighborhood girls to hang out with us and that meant mission accomplished.

    • @jimdep6542
      @jimdep6542 11 місяців тому +2

      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

    • @TheBent139
      @TheBent139 11 місяців тому +3

      @@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.

    • @jimdep6542
      @jimdep6542 11 місяців тому +3

      @@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.

    • @JustPlainSteve5372
      @JustPlainSteve5372 11 місяців тому +1

      👍

    • @denniseldridge2936
      @denniseldridge2936 11 місяців тому +3

      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.

  • @blueeyedsoulman
    @blueeyedsoulman 11 місяців тому +16

    This guy is so appreciated by musicians. I do miss the steel guitar playing. That really was the icing on the cake back in the day. I had a pedal steel guitar and never got past the blues. I really wish I could play it better but it's a difficult instrument and hard to find a teacher. Maybe with UA-cam it would be easier in this decade.

    • @tixximmi1
      @tixximmi1 11 місяців тому

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

    • @deadreckoning292
      @deadreckoning292 11 місяців тому

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

  • @radioactive9861
    @radioactive9861 11 місяців тому +3

    Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter...I can compress his 'three word name' to just one word....LEGEND!

  • @davidmitchell1239
    @davidmitchell1239 11 місяців тому +3

    This is the first video I’ve seen of Skunk playing at this age. I’ve seen some video’s of him at this point and he looked feeble, that is until he started playing! I could only wish I was that feeble. What a baddass! Also, I have many similarities to Skunk, play guitar in a band, am a retired Intel Analyst, so we both have that going on .

  • @andyinoregon
    @andyinoregon 2 місяці тому +3

    I played two albums obsessively in the summer of 1973, The Doobie Brothers' "The Captain and Me" and Steely Dan's "Countdown To Ecstasy." Jeff "Skunk" Baxter played brilliant pedal steel guitar on both albums. Very lucky to have seen him with Steely Dan in April 1974 and with The Doobie Brothers in April 1977.

  • @TheTobesOfHades
    @TheTobesOfHades 11 місяців тому +4

    at the beautiful Birchmere! Thanks.

  • @ScottOuellette-p1d
    @ScottOuellette-p1d 11 місяців тому +2

    I LOVED WHEN HE PLAYED WITH RANDY CALIFORNIA IN SPIRIT BACK IN THE LATE 70'S EARLY 80'S.

  • @stephenhensley5631
    @stephenhensley5631 Рік тому +17

    That version blows me away !!! Baxter's playing is out of this world !!!!! Is he going to play in California ? and if he is I'm there, bet your bottom dollar .

    • @jrbaltmd57
      @jrbaltmd57 11 місяців тому +1

      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. …

    • @Freempg
      @Freempg 11 місяців тому

      This was in San Juan Capistrano, California.

    • @Crackerjack-toy
      @Crackerjack-toy 11 місяців тому

      @@Freempgwell the title shows this is in Va.

  • @FrankWhite-b5q
    @FrankWhite-b5q 10 місяців тому +1

    Cool to see Skunk. Didn't see that voice coming out of that bass player!

  • @MikeFloutier
    @MikeFloutier 8 місяців тому +1

    Love it, thank you! 🎸🍾❤️

  • @olinjr.3827
    @olinjr.3827 17 днів тому +1

    Absolutely brilliant!

  • @wilhelmrogue1
    @wilhelmrogue1 18 днів тому +3

    Hell thats how i learned china grove,, on a ddam acoustic like all us poor rocker kids,, and it sounded good !👌😉

  • @glennandadriansrocktalk
    @glennandadriansrocktalk 11 місяців тому +4

    LOVE this!

  • @denniseldridge2936
    @denniseldridge2936 11 місяців тому +28

    In case you were wondering why Skunk was and is the most sought after session guitarist in the history of session guitarists lol

    • @carnivaltym
      @carnivaltym 24 дні тому +1

      At the time! Don't forget Tommy Tedesco before him! Lol!

    • @possumwerx
      @possumwerx 21 день тому

      Dann Huff starting in the mid-80s... though I'd wager he'd give props to Baxter.

  • @davidjorgensen877
    @davidjorgensen877 11 місяців тому +18

    Never heard a Strat sound so much like a Tele - amazing chicken pickin' rendition of one of my all-time fave songs. Chet is smiling down on you, Jeff!

    • @TheDevnul
      @TheDevnul 11 місяців тому

      Looks like he has an extra knob or switch.

  • @pumazpawz
    @pumazpawz 16 днів тому +3

    I sold him some thing on eBay about 20 years ago. A guitar part or pick up or something. He called me to ask some questions, and we chatted for about 15 or 20 minutes. He was just the nicest, most gracious guy you could imagine. He thought it was hysterical that I owned a copy of “ultimate spinach“

  • @innocentoctave
    @innocentoctave 11 місяців тому +4

    The keyboard player is doing extraordinary work here.

  • @jeffreyjacobs390
    @jeffreyjacobs390 2 місяці тому +2

    China Grove BOOGIE style is fun and not going to replace the original for sure.

  • @therealbarnekkid
    @therealbarnekkid 15 днів тому

    Just awesome. Dudes still got it.

  • @stephenharris
    @stephenharris 11 місяців тому +3

    Brilliant.

  • @greatunz67
    @greatunz67 11 місяців тому +4

    A far cry from how he played in his younger days, but nice to still have him around.

    • @djizzah
      @djizzah 11 місяців тому +2

      do it again my favorite solo of his steely dan

  • @stevenhamroff5261
    @stevenhamroff5261 Рік тому +2

    He does this all the time, every Show , Just a tease !

    • @stevenhamroff5261
      @stevenhamroff5261 Рік тому +2

      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 !!

  • @charlesbrowne5307
    @charlesbrowne5307 11 місяців тому +1

    Wonderful to see great players having fun with it all! Was it Zappa that asked" is there a place for humor in music"?

  • @Joel_Powell
    @Joel_Powell 11 місяців тому +2

    At Christmas, my brother-in-law wanted to show me a video and "quiz" me because he knows I am a music lover, especially of the '60s and '70s. He handed me his phone with a UA-cam video ready to play and said "see if you can guess who the guy is playing the congas."
    The video started and the first frame was Linda Ronstadt followed by just hands on the congas. It was "You're No Good" from an old Midnight Special. I handed the phone back to him and said...Skunk Baxter.
    He asked how I got it so quickly - I said - "Skunk was everywhere in the '70s, man - I had a better chance than of being right, than wrong" - and we laughed. Of course I remembered the show actually - Skunk always stood out in performances. And so many are memorable to me.
    Thanks Skunk!!! 🦨

  • @paulbfields8284
    @paulbfields8284 11 місяців тому +7

    Jeff may be Skunk… but he never stunk up the stage… not once.. Such professionals only come once in a while..never thought I’d see the day Skunk would be referred to as Old School.. but in fact that term holds well with him.

  • @NoApologiesTeam
    @NoApologiesTeam 11 місяців тому

    Thanks for posting. That was really cool

  • @colinpulse9167
    @colinpulse9167 15 днів тому +1

    It's Skunk man🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @texasflood3165
    @texasflood3165 11 місяців тому +2

    Skunk.. you are the GOAT…

  • @mattarnold3494
    @mattarnold3494 14 днів тому

    Moving On, and it has been Grand. Thanks

  • @Venetiababy1
    @Venetiababy1 9 місяців тому

    My favorite Doobies Song!

  • @baselinesweb
    @baselinesweb 5 місяців тому +1

    My kinda musician!!!

  • @alexaalexa6524
    @alexaalexa6524 11 місяців тому

    Love it!😀👏👏

  • @vootee1
    @vootee1 11 місяців тому

    TERRIFIC. THANKS FOR POSTING!! I am new to Jeff "Skunk" Baxter. Wonderful.

  • @iplaymytele
    @iplaymytele 18 днів тому +1

    China Grove was bad ass……..!!!
    ❤️👍🏻❤️👍🏻❤️👍🏻❤️👍🏻❤️👍🏻🎶

  • @davidhuffaker4559
    @davidhuffaker4559 14 днів тому

    That was Fantastic!!!!

  • @davidkastin4240
    @davidkastin4240 6 днів тому

    He's an inspiration to me 🎸 screw the haters with nothing nice to say.

  • @macman3175
    @macman3175 11 місяців тому

    Wow James it looks like you did have a blast there! Thanks talk soon,

  • @ikkenhisatsu7170
    @ikkenhisatsu7170 11 місяців тому +2

    Holy smokes - he hasn't lost a step!

  • @rickbaker4571
    @rickbaker4571 11 місяців тому +5

    Steamer Lane Grove... I dig it...

  • @davemcclung3579
    @davemcclung3579 11 місяців тому +1

    Great jam version! Nice vocal work by the bass player too 🎉

  • @mrreemann3739
    @mrreemann3739 10 місяців тому +2

    One of the greatest mysteries of my generation. .what the hell is a China Grove???😂❤

  • @Bazzaland
    @Bazzaland Рік тому +11

    I've always felt "Takin' It To The Streets" was the all time best Doobies album. Lately I've been BLASTING "The Captain and Me" in my Silverado and gotta say........it gives "Takin" a legitimate run for it's money!

    • @andyinoregon
      @andyinoregon Рік тому +3

      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!

    • @user-qr7ee2cp4y
      @user-qr7ee2cp4y 11 місяців тому +2

      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

    • @user-qr7ee2cp4y
      @user-qr7ee2cp4y 11 місяців тому +1

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

  • @purplepeavey7874
    @purplepeavey7874 14 днів тому

    Wow !! 👍👍

  • @charlesallison6932
    @charlesallison6932 11 місяців тому +1

    Love the keyboard "fiddle"

  • @GuitarAndMusicLessons
    @GuitarAndMusicLessons 11 місяців тому

    Awesome! 👍

  • @Ubu987
    @Ubu987 11 місяців тому +3

    That's a band that is sparking on all plugs! Love the fake fiddle-playing!

  • @stevepergantis1740
    @stevepergantis1740 4 місяці тому

    Phenomenal

  • @boycano8819
    @boycano8819 11 місяців тому

    Salute!!

  • @kaysmith5495
    @kaysmith5495 11 місяців тому +1

    He also played once with Spirit. They were great!

    • @A70AMX
      @A70AMX 11 місяців тому

      He also played with the last formation of Ultimate Spinach

  • @FineArtbyAldo
    @FineArtbyAldo 14 днів тому

    That was bad ass!!

  • @MusicMotivator
    @MusicMotivator 11 місяців тому

    wow!!! Smokin hot!!

  • @DavidAlexander-di5nl
    @DavidAlexander-di5nl 11 місяців тому

    legend

  • @kdunger7895
    @kdunger7895 11 місяців тому

    this is great

  • @coldisle
    @coldisle 11 місяців тому +7

    Great to see the incredible James Raymond on keys!

    • @John2009R
      @John2009R 11 місяців тому +1

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

  • @richardbutterfoss2353
    @richardbutterfoss2353 11 місяців тому

    Thanks! RWB ❤🎉

  • @mmmmcheese4850
    @mmmmcheese4850 18 днів тому +2

    Chicken pickin Skunk Baxter. This guy is a classic.

  • @clarkt5439
    @clarkt5439 11 місяців тому

    Skunk is the GOAT!!

  • @devilsden2283
    @devilsden2283 15 днів тому +2

    L E G E N D!

  • @realreally5927
    @realreally5927 11 місяців тому

    A true master

  • @zekelucente9702
    @zekelucente9702 11 місяців тому

    I saw the Doobie Brothers at the Forum in maybe 1981. Incredible.

  • @TheStevehow
    @TheStevehow 11 місяців тому

    whole different level.

  • @DebChun-p6d
    @DebChun-p6d 6 місяців тому

    Wow he still got it!

  • @samuelmorado70
    @samuelmorado70 3 місяці тому +1

    That's SIR Skunk Baxter.

  • @timoakes450
    @timoakes450 11 місяців тому

    Seen em all -saw Doobies back in77 in Manchester England -Jeff is and was the BEST guitar player Ihave ever see!!THat includes Beck/Clapton/Gibbons/Page/etc. thanks
    PS THANKS FOR THE"SKUNK WORK"

    • @atatterson6992
      @atatterson6992 11 місяців тому

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

    • @Cream1968
      @Cream1968 11 місяців тому

      No shit……😂😂😂

    • @betterdogbehaviornow581
      @betterdogbehaviornow581 11 місяців тому

      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 UA-cam 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.

    • @atatterson6992
      @atatterson6992 11 місяців тому

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

  • @stevenstabile4379
    @stevenstabile4379 11 місяців тому +1

    One morning I was on the LIE going into the city to do a session (The Lord Is Good!!) and I just got on by around exit 63 and track was flowing and I look over next to me in a Mercedes 2 seater sports car and there was Jeff Baxter most likely on his way to NYC probably coming home from the Hamptons because it was a Monday morning around 8 am!!!

  • @jeffanderson8384
    @jeffanderson8384 20 днів тому

    Love it! It's got a little Dixie Dregs vibe happening.

  • @sideswiped6874
    @sideswiped6874 11 місяців тому +1

    nice jam!

  • @sirgalahad3574
    @sirgalahad3574 11 місяців тому

    Holy cow!

  • @custommusic2433
    @custommusic2433 11 місяців тому +1

    2:23 that’s a cool little trick thank you! Ctrl C. 👍

  • @Bingbing611
    @Bingbing611 11 місяців тому

    The Birtchmere is in Alexandria
    Arlington doesn’t have a live music venue this nice 👍

  • @bastidface
    @bastidface 11 місяців тому

    I can't believe I missed this.

  • @davidbrucemusicvideo
    @davidbrucemusicvideo 11 місяців тому

    Wow! I’m surprised how good this sounds! Then again, we’re dealing with the mind of Skunk…

  • @Lisztomania1
    @Lisztomania1 11 місяців тому

    Great

  • @timothysullivan4130
    @timothysullivan4130 11 місяців тому +1

    One of my old girlfriends dated Jeff in the 60’s GREAT GUY GREATER guitarist 👏👏☝️☝️☝️

    • @billmiller2646
      @billmiller2646 11 місяців тому

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

    • @timothysullivan4130
      @timothysullivan4130 11 місяців тому

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

  • @georgesmith2680
    @georgesmith2680 9 місяців тому

    i saw David Crosby son what a good band !

  • @RandyFricke
    @RandyFricke 15 днів тому

    It would have been a hit like this too.

  • @daze023
    @daze023 8 місяців тому

    Been there, done it all

  • @rockahbilly76
    @rockahbilly76 22 дні тому +1

    The fiddle player was smokin" on that keyboard.

  • @john-dz6wk
    @john-dz6wk 4 дні тому

    Jeff also played with steeley dan and spirit and many others too*