
Stevie Nicks and Buckingham on the Say You Will Tour in 2003īuckingham and his then-girlfriend Stevie Nicks recorded seven demos in 1972 on a half-inch 4-track Ampex recorder kept at his father's coffee roasting plant in Daly City, then drove to Los Angeles to pursue a record deal. Their romantic relationship began after both left Fritz five years later. 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.


Lindsey Adams Buckingham (born October 3, 1949) is an American musician and producer, best known as the lead guitarist and male lead singer of the music group Fleetwood Mac from 1975 to 19 to 2018.
