Buckingham invited friend Stevie Nicks to join Fritz as a second vocalist. The band regrouped in 1967 due to band member changes and shortened their name to Fritz. From 1966 to 1971, Buckingham performed psychedelic and folk rock with the high school rock band originally named The Fritz Rabyne Memorial Band as a bassist and vocalist. By age 13, he became interested in folk music and, influenced by banjo methods, practiced the energetic style of the Kingston Trio. īuckingham never took guitar lessons and does not read music. Noticing his talent, Buckingham's parents bought their son a $35 Harmony guitar. Buckingham attended San José State University, but did not graduate.īuckingham's first forays into guitar playing took place on a toy Mickey Mouse guitar, playing along to his brother Jeff's extensive collection of 45s. Though Buckingham dropped out of athletics to pursue music, his brother Gregory went on to win a silver medal at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area community of Atherton, he attended Menlo-Atherton High School where Buckingham and his brothers were encouraged to swim competitively. He had two older brothers, Jeffrey and Gregory. Lindsey Adams Buckingham was born on October 3, 1949, in Palo Alto, California, to Rutheda (née Elliott) and Morris Buckingham. 1.15 2018–present: Firing from Fleetwood Mac, Solo Anthology, and Lindsey Buckingham.1.14 2016–2017: Lindsey Buckingham Christine McVie and Classic Concerts.1.13 2013-2015: Fleetwood Mac EP, world tour and Christine McVie reunion.1.12 2010–2012: Seeds We Sow and One Man Show.1.7 1987: Tango In the Night and departure from Fleetwood Mac.1.6 1983–1986: Go Insane and other solo projects.1.3 1975–1980: Fleetwood Mac and mainstream success.On April 9, 2018, Buckingham was fired from Fleetwood Mac and replaced by Mike Campbell and Neil Finn. Though highly successful, the group experienced almost constant creative and personal conflict, and Buckingham left the band in 1987 to focus on his solo career.Ī one-off reunion at the 1993 inauguration ball for President Bill Clinton initiated some rapprochement between the former band members, with Buckingham performing some vocals on one track of their 1995 album Time, and rejoining the band full-time in 1997 for the live tour and album The Dance.
Buckingham and Nicks became the face of Fleetwood Mac during its most commercially successful period, highlighted by the multi-platinum album Rumours, which sold over 40 million copies worldwide. As a stipulation to joining, Buckingham insisted his musical and romantic partner Stevie Nicks also be included. Buckingham was invited to join the group in 1974 they had recorded in the same studio, and the band was lacking a guitarist and male lead vocal. After Green left the group, they experienced several tumultuous years without a stable frontman. Buckingham is known for his fingerpicking guitar style.įleetwood Mac, the band that gave Buckingham his greatest exposure, had been around since the late 1960s, beginning as a British blues outfit led by Peter Green. Buckingham was ranked 100th in Rolling Stone 's 2011 list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". As a member of Fleetwood Mac, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. In addition to his tenure with Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham has released seven solo albums and three live albums. Lindsey Adams Buckingham (born October 3, 1949) is an American singer, musician, songwriter, and producer, best known as the lead guitarist and male lead singer of the music group Fleetwood Mac from 1975 to 19 to 2018.
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