Talk:Jeff Baxter

Pracock terms

Did Jeff Baxter himself write this page? It reads so lovingly that would seem to be the case.

That was my impression too, this needs to be rewritten by someone who isn't Jeff Baxter.

Actually, a lot of this seems to be copied verbatim from this article. --NeuronExMachina 19:21, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

I've revised the entire article to make it more encyclopedic. Vandelay 21:35, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Did Baxter play on "Can't Buy a Thrill?" I thought he joined the group for their second album "Countdown to Ecstasy", and that's it. No "Pretzel Logic" either. And the Rikki solo is either Diaz or Dean Parks; probably Parks. Frunobulax (talk) 20:46, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

What is wrong with someone who posts this as a question in a talk page? You are on friggin' Wikipedia: go look it up. (You'll find he did play on the first SD album.) GeneCallahan (talk) 12:41, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

Who Cares!

The Skunkster rules! I added JB to the list of famous people wearing a moustache. Too bad I couldn't get a recent pic. Fenrir2000 18:34, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Skunk

You have to be pretty dim-witted or ignorant to not know that "Skunk" is a type of marijuana.

Or just not a complete burnout. Frunobulax (talk) 19:55, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Still though, why is the nickname not explained although it is such a prominent part of his name? He is always mentioned as, literally, Jeff "Skunk" Baxter in every publication. Why isn't he just named Skunk Baxter, as every nicknamed person would be? Someone research the nickname and mention it.

Baxter doesn't comment on the record regarding the origin of the nickname. Binksternet (talk) 18:08, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

The nickname "Skunk" was attached to Mr. Baxter at least a decade before it ever had any connection to marijuana.

The first Cannabis Indica varieties didn't begin to arrive in the US before the late 1970's and early 80's.

The nickname dates to his high school days in Connecticut.

The actual reason for it, ( though published at least once ), doesn't merit further discussion.

There should be a link to a discography somewhere ... .

Why isn't it an automatic feature of this kind of article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wundersnake (talk • contribs) 23:15, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Actually, see [1]. ⤺ms.⁴⁵ 15:18, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

The LA times thing is not even close... neither is the ref to weed... Tell you how I know... and this will sound incredible but it's true.

Back in the 70's my friend and I went to the Uniontown Campus of Penn State (now called Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus) . We were going to buy some hash. So we get in the door - my friend, his brother, and his brother's friend. We were to meet the brother's friend's brother to hook up...

So we walk in this trailer and there's this guy with a handlebar mustache in a sparsely furnished room (I think like one chair) sitting on the floor indian-style with all these hot babes around him. No idea who he was.

My friend's brother and his friend and brother leave. So me and my friend are there leaning against the wall over by the window. This was a typical trailer with a tiny kitchen to the left.

So I'm standing these, listening to this guy tell these hot babes how his feet stuck so bad in psychology class that the professor made him move to the back of the room. I'm like OK , whatever....

So from around the corner of the wall that separated the kitchen from the living room I see this guy with really long brown hair... he goes, "hey guys - yea you - come on over..."

So my friend and I go into this tiny little kitchen. The guy with the long brown hair is in there with another black guy.... again we had no idea who they were.

So the one hands my friend a bowl of that they mention is some sort of black hash... He takes a hit immediately falls back against the kitchen counter... as soon as I take a hit I see why - really powerful; if anyone from that era recalls stuff like that would expand in your lungs...

So anyway after that we go back into the living room. Soon my friends brother and the rest of the entourage return empty handed. We leave....

About year later I'm in the local drug store and see a copy of Creem magazine. get a few pages inand lo-and-behold are those guys in an article about the Doobie Brothers... I freaked and called my friend...

"Yea I know... I meant to tell you ..."

So fast forward many years later - mid 2000's. I'm at a gig with an artist I work with at a place called Sweet Carolines outside of DC. We're talking to the owner and he mentions Skunk occasionally coming out to jam since he had a place somewhere in North VA for when he does his MIL consulting.

I tell the owner this story and he mentions, "yea there's a reason Skunk wouldn't have partaken - he's really straight..." and went on to tell some stories about his dealing with him at his club.

So there ya have it...Wamnet (talk) 22:59, 14 July 2019 (UTC)

Copyright violation

I added a copyright violation tag, although I'm actually not sure what proper procedure is when the article is a blend of copyrighted and non-copyrighted content. --NeuronExMachina 04:33, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

CAC Study

Baxter was recently revealed to be part of a study that advocated for increased domestic use of U.S. spy satellites. I added that with some sourcing. Too bad the rest of the page isn't sourced. Claymoney 20:48, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

Photos

I added another pic in the article --leahtwosaints (talk) 03:47, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

What you did was take one away and put one in its place. I think there's room for both, and I think the previous one was superior for the infobox, so I put yours down in the body, left-aligned because the image is right-facing. Say, when was that one taken? I severely doubt that it was snapped in 2005 like the Flickr page says. The whole look of it, especially the hair, says otherwise. Binksternet (talk) 04:00, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

King of the Hill

Wasn't Skunk associated with the music for the TV-show, 'King Of The Hill'? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.67.104.4 (talk) 14:21, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

Christian Rock?

There is no reference to Baxter being involved with "Christian Rock" as it appears under the photo. Is it true? GeorgeJanney (talk) 18:57, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

Death?

Mmmmm ... pretty sure the Skunkster's now dead, no? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.68.36.96 (talk) 11:03, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

• You must be thinking of someone else. MDSanker 15:06, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Hendrix assocation

Jeff Baxter's association with Hendrix has been questioned by Randy California here. [[2]] Can anyone find a source that says Jeff says he was part of Hendrix's band?Timtempleton (talk) 05:52, 27 January 2016 (UTC)

Civilian Advisory Board?

The text describes the "Civilian Advisory Board for Ballistic Missile Defense" as a Congressional board, but CABs are run by the Pentagon. I haven't been able to find any references to a CAB for BMD that isn't embedded in a biography of Jeff Baxter (other than a work of fiction). While I believe that Mr. Baxter served in some capacity, there's something off here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gacohen (talk • contribs) 14:54, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

This article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2000/06/13/a-gop-pit-bull-puts-missile-defense-front-and-center/067c72a1-5415-4fc9-a840-20c0edf33f50/ describes it as "Baxter serves as an honorary adviser to Weldon and an evangelist for a defense shield." This seems more likely to me, almost the equivalent of those fund-raising letters: "Please join us as an HONORARY CHAIRMAN advising me!" It's not an official government (Congressional or otherwise) position and the article shouldn't swallow Baxter's unsourced self-promotion (or self-delusion). If no one can come up with an authoritative source identifying his role with more specificity, I'm going to rewrite it to follow the Post's interpretation. Gacohen (talk) 15:25, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

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