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Lindsey Buckingham
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
Lindsey Buckingham is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer. He was born in Palo Alto, California, in 1949. His first guitar was a Mickey Mouse toy guitar, with which he played along to his older brother's singles. He never had lessons, and he cannot read music. As a teenager he played folk on guitar and banjo. In the school band Fritz he played bass and sang, and he asked his girlfriend Stevie Nicks to join as a singer. As a duo they made the album Buckingham Nicks in 1973, which sold poorly.
Music and breakthrough
When Mick Fleetwood was looking for a new guitarist for Fleetwood Mac in late 1974, he asked Buckingham. He would come only if Nicks could join too, and Fleetwood took them both on. With them the band enjoyed its greatest success. Rumours (1977) became one of the best-selling albums of all time. During the recording Buckingham and Nicks broke up, and Buckingham wrote Go Your Own Way about it. He then steered the band towards the experimental double album Tusk (1979), whose title track features a complete university marching band. In 1987 he left Fleetwood Mac for a solo career, with albums such as Law and Order (1981) and Go Insane (1984). From 1997 to 2018 he played in the band again.
Influence
Buckingham plays guitar with his fingers rather than a plectrum, a style that betrays his folk background. As a producer and arranger he gave Fleetwood Mac the polished, layered pop sound that made the band so popular in the 1970s.
Listening
Discography
Studio albums
- 1981Law and Order
- 1984Go Insane
- 1992Out of the Cradle
- 2006Under the Skin
- 2008Gift of Screws
- 2011Seeds We Sow
- 2017Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie
- 2018Lindsey Buckingham Plays Fleetwood Mac
- 2021Lindsey Buckingham
In School of Rock
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