Lindsey Buckingham

For the eponymous album, see Lindsey Buckingham (album).

Lindsey Buckingham
Buckingham performing in 2018
Buckingham performing in 2018
Background information
Birth nameLindsey Adams Buckingham
Born (1949-10-03) October 3, 1949 (age 75)
Palo Alto, California, U.S.
GenresRock
Occupations
  • Guitarist
  • singer
  • songwriter
  • record producer
Instruments
  • Guitar
  • vocals
Years active1966–present
Labels
Formerly of
SpouseKristen Messner (m. 2000)
Websitelindseybuckingham.com

Lindsey Adams Buckingham (born October 3, 1949) is an American musician, record producer, and the lead guitarist and co-lead vocalist of the rock band Fleetwood Mac from 1975 to 1987 and 1997 to 2018. In addition to his tenure with Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham has released seven solo studio albums and three live albums. As a member of Fleetwood Mac, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. Buckingham was ranked 100th in Rolling Stone's 2011 list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".[1] Buckingham is known for his fingerpicking guitar style.

Buckingham joined Fleetwood Mac in 1975, replacing guitarist Bob Welch, and convinced the group to recruit his musical (and, at the time, romantic) partner Stevie Nicks as well. Buckingham and Nicks became prominent members of Fleetwood Mac during its most commercially successful period, highlighted by the multi-platinum studio album Rumours (1977), which sold over 40 million copies worldwide. 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. Hit songs Buckingham wrote and sang with Fleetwood Mac include "Go Your Own Way", "Never Going Back Again", "Tusk", and "Big Love".

A 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 studio album Time, and rejoining the band full-time in 1997 for the live tour and album The Dance. In 2018, Buckingham was fired from Fleetwood Mac and replaced by Mike Campbell and Neil Finn.[2]

  1. ^ "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". Rolling Stone. December 18, 2015. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
  2. ^ Greene, Andy (April 9, 2018). "Fleetwood Mac Fires Lindsey Buckingham". Rolling Stone. Retrieved December 7, 2018.