the ironic steely dan

David Dorkin ddorkin at aye.net
Fri Oct 8 11:42:25 PDT 1999


Baxter is actually a studio musician-not a member of the band. The band consists of Donald agen and Walter Becker neither of whom is conservative. Scores of studio musicians have played on their albums at one time or another.

Dave

Nathan Newman wrote:
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> > [mailto:owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com]On Behalf Of kelley
> >
> > yeah, damn it, the right should be most afraid of steely dan!
>
> Yeah, too bad Steely Dan is already part of the Right.
>
> >From The Washington Post
> Friday, May 21, 1999
>
> Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, a guitar legend from his days with the
> Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan, is weighing a race against Rep. Brad
> Sherman (D-Calif.). The GOP is looking for "nontraditional" candidates
> to energize some races. The ponytailed Baxter, an ardent proponent of
> missile defenses, fits the bill.
> And he's rich enough to foot the bill.
> "He's going to throw his beret in the ring," said Rep. Dana
> Rohrabacher (R-Calif.), a close friend of the rocker. If he runs,
> Baxter's favorite headgear is likely to become the most famous beret
> since Monica Lewinsky's.
> Baxter has been an adviser to Rep. Curt Weldon (R-Pa.) on
> ballistic missile defense. There was a bit of a stink raised three
> years ago after Baxter claimed on his resume to have counseled NASA
> and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, which he had not
> done--at least not in any formal way.
> Bono was a Republican, too. Who knew that the longhairs in
> their hip-huggers and vests would wind up in the party of Reagan and
> Nixon?



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