William "Bucky" Baxter is an American

United States

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 multi-instrumentalist from New Jersey

New Jersey

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. He was born in Melbourne

Melbourne, Florida

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, Florida

Florida

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. He has appeared on various albums by artists such as Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

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, Ryan Adams

Ryan Adams

David Ryan Adams is an American alt-country/rock singer-songwriter, from Jacksonville, North Carolina. Initially part of the group Whiskeytown, Adams left the band and released his first solo album Heartbreaker in 2000...

, Steve Earle

Steve Earle

Stephen Fain "Steve" Earle is an American singer-songwriter known for his rock and Texas Country as well as his political views. He is also a producer, author, a political activist, and an actor, and has written and directed a play....

, R.E.M., and Joe Henry

Joe Henry

Joseph Lee "Joe" Henry is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. Henry's musical style spans several genres, including alt. country, rock, jazz and folk.- Early years :...

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In studio, or while performing live, Baxter has played steel guitar

Steel guitar

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, acoustic guitar

Acoustic guitar

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, electric guitar

Electric guitar

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, mandolin

Mandolin

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, dobro

Dobro

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, and/or organ

Organ (music)

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, as well as other instruments. Baxter played pedal steel guitar

Pedal steel guitar

The pedal steel guitar is a type of electric guitar that uses a metal bar to "fret" or shorten the length of the strings, rather than fingers on strings as with a conventional guitar. Unlike other types of steel guitar, it also uses pedals and knee levers to affect the pitch, hence the name "pedal"...

 for Bob Dylan's band on his Never Ending Tour

Never Ending Tour

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 from 1992 to 1999 and played pedal steel on Dylan's 1997 Grammy Award

Grammy Award

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 winning album, Time out of Mind

Time out of Mind

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. Bucky released a solo album, Most Likely, No Problem, in 1999.

Discography

Year	Artist	Title	Instruments
1986	Steve Earle Steve Earle Stephen Fain "Steve" Earle is an American singer-songwriter known for his rock and Texas Country as well as his political views. He is also a producer, author, a political activist, and an actor, and has written and directed a play....	Guitar Town Guitar Town Guitar Town is the debut album from singer-songwriter Steve Earle, released on March 5, 1986. It topped the Billboard country album charts, and the title song reached #7 on the country singles charts...	Pedal steel guitar
1987		Exit 0 Exit 0 (album) Exit 0 is the second album from country singer-songwriter Steve Earle, credited to Steve Earle & The Dukes, his backing band. It was released in 1987...	Steel guitar, vocals
1988		Copperhead Road Copperhead Road Copperhead Road is an American country music/country rock album released in 1988 by Steve Earle. Often referred to as Earle's first "rock record", Earle himself calls it the world's first blend of heavy metal and bluegrass, while in their January 26, 1989 review of the album Rolling Stone suggested...
	R.E.M.	Green	Pedal steel guitar
1990	Steve Earle	The Hard Way The Hard Way (Steve Earle album) The Hard Way is a studio album by Steve Earle and The Dukes. The album was released in 1990.-Track listing:All songs written by Steve Earle unless otherwise noted.#"The Other Kind" - 5:09...
1991		Shut Up and Die Like an Aviator Shut Up and Die Like an Aviator Shut Up and Die Like an Aviator is a live album by Steve Earle and the Dukes. The album was released in 1991 and recorded live in London and Kitchener Ontario, Canada, in October 1990.-Track listing:...
1995	Bob Dylan Bob Dylan Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...	Unplugged MTV Unplugged (Bob Dylan album) MTV Unplugged is a live album by Bob Dylan, released in 1995 by Columbia Records . It documents Dylan's appearance on the then-highly popular MTV Unplugged television series, recorded at Sony Music Studios in New York on November 17, 1994 and November 18, 1994...	Dobro, pedal steel guitar, steel guitar
1996	Joe Henry Joe Henry Joseph Lee "Joe" Henry is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. Henry's musical style spans several genres, including alt. country, rock, jazz and folk.- Early years :...	Trampoline
1997	Bob Dylan	Time out of Mind Time out of Mind Time Out of Mind is the 30th studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on September 30, 1997 on Columbia Records. It is his first double studio album since 1970's Self Portrait...	Acoustic guitar, pedal steel
1999	Bucky Baxter	Most Likely, No Problem
	Country Mike	Country Mike's Greatest Hits	Pedal steel guitar, fiddle
2001	Ryan Adams Ryan Adams David Ryan Adams is an American alt-country/rock singer-songwriter, from Jacksonville, North Carolina. Initially part of the group Whiskeytown, Adams left the band and released his first solo album Heartbreaker in 2000...	The Suicide Handbook	Acoustic guitar
		Gold Gold (Ryan Adams album) -Album:-Singles:-Critical reception:-Personnel:* Ryan Adams – Vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo, piano* Bucky Baxter – Steel guitar* Andre Carter – Trumpet* Richard Causon – Piano* Jennifer Condos – Bass...	Steel guitar
2002		Demolition Demolition (Ryan Adams album) -Album:-Singles:-Personnel:* Ryan Adams – Vocals, Guitar, Electric guitar, Harmonica, Bass, Piano, Synth, Drum Machine* Mikael Nord Andersson – Dobro* Bucky Baxter – Pedal Steel Guitar, Background vocals, Guitar...	Pedal steel guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
2005	Willy Clay Band	Rebecca Drive	Pedal steel