Lindsey Adams Buckingham was born on October 3,1949 and is an American musician and record producer, best known as the lead guitarist and co-lead vocalist of the band Fleetwood Mac from 1975 to 1987 and 1997 to 2018.
45 Facts About Lindsey Buckingham
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Lindsey Buckingham was ranked 100th in Rolling Stones 2011 list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".
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Lindsey Buckingham was invited to join the band in 1974; they had recorded in the same studio, and the band was lacking a guitarist and male lead vocalist.
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Lindsey Adams Buckingham was born on October 3,1949, in Palo Alto, California, to Rutheda and Morris Buckingham.
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Lindsey Buckingham attended San Jose State University, but did not graduate.
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Lindsey Buckingham never took guitar lessons and does not read music.
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From 1966 to 1971, Lindsey Buckingham performed psychedelic and folk rock with the high school rock band originally named the Fritz Rabyne Memorial Band as a bassist and vocalist.
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Lindsey Buckingham invited friend Stevie Nicks to join Fritz as a backing vocalist.
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When Bob Welch left Fleetwood Mac in December 1974, Fleetwood immediately contacted Lindsey Buckingham and offered him the vacant guitar slot in his band.
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Lindsey Buckingham told Fleetwood that he and Nicks were a team and that he didn't want to work without her.
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Lindsey Buckingham sang co-lead vocal on two of the band's biggest live staples: "The Chain", written by the entire band, and "Don't Stop", a Christine McVie number.
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Once again, Lindsey Buckingham wrote the lead single, the title track that peaked at No 8 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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Lindsey Buckingham convinced Fleetwood to let his work on their next studio album be more experimental and to be allowed to work on tracks at home before bringing them to the rest of the band in the studio.
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In 1981, Lindsey Buckingham released his debut solo studio album, Law and Order, playing nearly every instrument and featuring guest appearances by bandmates Mick Fleetwood and Christine McVie.
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Also that year, Lindsey Buckingham played guitars and sang harmony vocals on the track "You Can't Make Love" from Don Henley's second solo studio album Building the Perfect Beast.
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The next year, Lindsey Buckingham performed on USA for Africa's fundraising single, "We Are the World".
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Lindsey Buckingham did other soundtrack work, including the song "Time Bomb Town" from Back to the Future.
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Lindsey Buckingham played all of the instruments on the track except drums, which were played by Michael Huey.
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However, following its release, Lindsey Buckingham left Fleetwood Mac largely because of his desire not to tour and the strain he was feeling within the band.
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Lindsey Buckingham agreed to be part of the performance, but the experience was something of a one-off for the band, who were still very much at odds with one another and had no plans to reunite officially.
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Executives at the label managed to persuade Lindsey Buckingham to hold the album back and instead take several tracks from Gift of Screws and use them with Fleetwood Mac.
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Seven songs from Gift of Screws appear on the Fleetwood Mac studio album Say You Will, in substantially the same form as Lindsey Buckingham had recorded them for his solo release.
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Three days after the album's release, Lindsey Buckingham embarked on a tour in support of the album that lasted until the end of June 2007.
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On November 3,2010, Lindsey Buckingham's website announced that he was working on an untitled studio album with release planned in early 2011.
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Lindsey Buckingham had finished recording the studio album, titled Seeds We Sow in April, and on April 22,2011, he filmed a concert for DVD release to support the album.
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Lindsey Buckingham began a "solo" tour of the United States on May 3,2012, in Solana Beach, California and in November 2012 released a completely solo live album One Man Show via digital download at iTunes that was recorded from a single night in Des Moines, Iowa.
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Lindsey Buckingham is credited for three songs on the 2013 release Hesitation Marks, the eighth studio album of the band Nine Inch Nails.
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In January 2015, Lindsey Buckingham suggested that the new studio album and the new tour might be Fleetwood Mac's last act and that the band would cease to operate in 2015 or soon afterward.
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Lindsey Buckingham stated he learned about the firing after receiving a call from Fleetwood Mac manager Irving Azoff with a message for Lindsey Buckingham from Stevie Nicks.
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Lindsey Buckingham has stated since that he would be open to rejoining Fleetwood Mac but does not foresee it in the future.
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In 2020, Lindsey Buckingham collaborated with the Killers on their studio album Imploding the Mirage, playing guitar on the first single "Caution".
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In 2021, Lindsey Buckingham played on a new version of "The Past Is the Past" by Brandy Clark, issued as a bonus track on the deluxe edition of her album Your Life Is a Record.
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Lindsey Buckingham guested on Halsey's 2021 studio album If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power.
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Lindsey Buckingham was in the same high school as Stevie Nicks but a year behind her.
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Lindsey Buckingham started a relationship with Nicks after the breakup of their band Fritz.
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Lindsey Buckingham then suffered from a bout of mononucleosis, which delayed their move to Los Angeles in 1971.
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Lindsey Buckingham had his first child, William Gregory, with Kristen Messner on July 8,1998.
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Lindsey Buckingham then married Messner in 2000, and they had two daughters, Leelee in 2000 and Stella in 2004.
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Lindsey Buckingham and Messner, who is a photographer and interior designer, have developed homes in Brentwood, California.
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Lindsey Buckingham is slowly recovering at home with the support of his wife and children.
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Lindsey Buckingham has used it extensively since, both with Fleetwood Mac and for his solo efforts.
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Lindsey Buckingham uses a Taylor Guitar 814ce or a Rick Turner Renaissance RS6 for most of his acoustic performances but uses a custom-made Gibson Chet Atkins guitar for his live performances of "Big Love".
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Lindsey Buckingham has used an Ovation Balladeer in the past from the early 1970s to the late 1980s.
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Lindsey Buckingham has worked extensively as a producer both for Fleetwood Mac and for his solo work.
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Lindsey Buckingham plays himself and sings in episode 3 of the Showtime series Roadies.