# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jeff-baxter
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:01:41.524Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jeff-baxter"
name: "Jeff Baxter"
slug: "jeff-baxter"
description: "Jeffrey Allen \"Skunk\" Baxter is an American guitarist, known for his stints in the rock bands Steely Dan and The Doobie Brothers during the 1970s and Spirit in the 1980s. More recently, he has worked as a defense consultant and advised U.S. members of Congress on missile defense. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of The Doobie Brothers in 2020."
tagline: "American guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jeff_baxter.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1948-12-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.12
  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.40089733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0062749/"
    handle:    "nm0062749"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "جيف باكستر (موسيقي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جيف باكستر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جیف باکستر (موزیسین)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jeff Baxter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Baxter"
    title: "Jeff Baxter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Baxter"
    title: "Jeff Baxter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Baxter"
    title: "Jeff Baxter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Baxter"
    title: "Jeff Baxter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%95%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ジェフ・バクスター"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A0%9C%ED%94%84_%EB%B0%B1%EC%8A%A4%ED%84%B0"
    title: "제프 백스터"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Baxter"
    title: "Jeff Baxter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Baxter"
    title: "Jeff Baxter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Baxter"
    title: "Jeff Baxter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Baxter"
    title: "Jeff Baxter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Baxter"
    title: "Jeff Baxter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%82%91%E5%A4%AB%C2%B7%E5%B7%B4%E5%85%8B%E6%96%AF%E7%89%B9"
    title: "傑夫·巴克斯特"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6b03465f-75b9-4817-a045-43ef89b635e2"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q490829"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2016219"
    title: "Jeff Baxter"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump