‘‘ There are guitar owners, there are guitar players, and then there are guitarists. Les was a guitarist. The man was the personification of excellence,” Jeff ‘Skunk’ Baxter says, with some authority.
Jeff is one of the most respected players in the world, who was a founding member of Steely Dan and a session ace with a list of credits any player would envy. Indeed, his solos on tracks such as Steely Dan’s Bodhisattva and My Old School gave the band a reputation for hot playing. But just as thousands of aspiring guitarists have looked up to Jeff ’s guitar work, so Jeff has always held special regard for a master of an earlier generation: Les Paul.