LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM

Equipped with just ten fingers and a guitar (no pick!),
he's become one of the absolute greatest guitarists of all-time.
 

REAL NAME: Lindsey Adams Buckingham

BIRTH PLACE: Atherton, California

BIRTH DATE: October 3, 1949

SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY:
    Buckingham Nicks (1973)
    Fleetwood Mac  (1975)
    Rumours (1977)
    Tusk (1979)
    Fleetwood Mac Live  (1980)
    Law and Order (1981)
    Mirage  (1982)
    Go Insane (1984)
    Tango in the Night (1987)
    Fleetwood Mac:: Greatest Hits (1988)
    Out of the Cradle (1992)
    The Dance (1997)
    Say You Will (2003)

MARRIAGE: Kristen Messner, with whom he has three children - William, LeeLee, and Stella.

OTHER INTRIGUING FACTS:
   Lindsey and both his brothers were always encouraged to swim competitively. However, only  Greg Buckingham hit it big in the sport. He won a silver medal in swimming at the 1968 Olympics, held in Mexico City.
    Lindsey does not use a pick. He plays finger-style, as is characteristic of folk and bluegrass.
    In high school, Lindsey and a few friends (including Stevie Nicks) formed a band called the Fritz Rabyne Memorial Band. Lindsey primarily played bass for the group. During its run, Fritz opened for big names like Santana, Janis Joplin, and even Jimi Hendrix.
    Buckingham Nicks, their first recording effort, bombed. It was quickly dropped by the label.
    Buckingham joined Fleetwood Mac at the end of 1974, but only on the condition that his then-girlfriend (Stevie Nicks) could be join as well.
    For approximately eight years, Lindsey was working steadily on a new solo album entitled A Gift of Screws. But due to problems in getting the album picked up and released by a label, he ended up submitting most of that material to Say You Will - under the Fleetwood Mac name. Because with Fleetwood Mac he would sell albums, but as a solo artist he would not.

For more information, see www.lindseybuckingham.com