[1] Baxter excelled as a lacrosse player in high school as a midfielder.

There he began playing open mics at Gold Pan Saloon, starting his music career before eventually moving back to his hometown of Nashville to pursue music full time.

[5] Baxter began performing in 2010, when he was featured on the song "Shanghai Cigarettes" by country musician Caitlin Rose.

[11] In 2019, Baxter released Good Mmornin, an album of seven covers of Mac Miller songs.

The record was released the day before he played the Newport Folk Festival, where he performed several of the songs live for the first time.