We often hear about the meticulous preparations session players put in to make sure that they are ready when the red light goes on, but every now and then they have got to shoot from the hip and ...

We often hear about the meticulous preparations session players put in to make sure that they are ready when the red light goes on, but every now and then they have got to shoot from the hip and live ...

Baxter was moving house and didn't have a guitar at hand. “I went down to a Guitar Center. Paul Herman was the manager down the one in Hollywood. I said, ‘Paul, I need a guitar now.’ ...

That’s what studio musicians do,” he said matter-of-factly in a 2022 Guitar World interview. “I think another unsung hero is the lead guitarist for Buck Owens and The Buckaroos, [Don Rich].

Guitar deals aside, Baxter’s chance encounter with Hendrix that day would prove to be the start of a long friendship. “Jimi then invited me to come down to hear the band,” he goes on.