Biography
Who is Lindsey Buckingham?
Early life
Lindsey Adams Buckingham was born on October 3, 1949, in Palo Alto, California. His parents were Morris H. Buckingham and Rutheda Elliott, and he grew up with his brothers Jeffrey and Gregory in Atherton, California. He attended Menlo-Atherton High School, where he swam competitively before deciding to focus entirely on music.
Lindsey Buckingham learned to play music without taking formal lessons and never learned to read sheet music. He started on a toy guitar and listened to his brother Jeffrey's record collection. His parents eventually bought him a Harmony guitar, and he later bought an Ampex recorder using a financial inheritance from an aunt.
Joining Fleetwood Mac
Lindsey Buckingham performed in the rock band Fritz alongside Stevie Nicks during the late 1960s and early 1970s. After that group dissolved, he and Nicks recorded music as a duo and released an album titled Buckingham Nicks in 1973. The record did not sell well initially, and the record label dropped them from their roster.
In 1975, Mick Fleetwood heard tracks from the Buckingham Nicks record and invited Lindsey Buckingham to join Fleetwood Mac as their new guitarist. Buckingham insisted that Stevie Nicks join the band as well. Both musicians accepted and quickly became central members during the most commercially successful era of the group.
Music career and solo work
Lindsey Buckingham wrote and sang several major hits with Fleetwood Mac, including Go Your Own Way, Never Going Back Again, and Tusk. The band achieved big global success with the 1977 album Rumours, which sold over forty million copies worldwide. Creative tensions within the group led Lindsey Buckingham to depart in 1987 to pursue his own projects.
As a solo artist, Lindsey Buckingham released his debut album Law and Order in 1981, playing almost every instrument on the record and producing the single Trouble. He later contributed songs to films, including Holiday Road for National Lampoon's Vacation in 1983. He also rejoined Fleetwood Mac for various tours and reunions over the decades.
Birthday and age
Lindsey Buckingham was born on October 3, 1949, which makes Lindsey 77 years old today. That birthday falls under the Libra sign. Lindsey shares the date with 40 other famous people.
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