Fleetwood Mac guitarist Buckingham still goes his own way

By Bill DeYoung
The Stuart news
Posted March 7 2007


As the guitarist and co-lead singer of Fleetwood Mac, Lindsey
Buckingham has always understood the team player thing. From Day
One, however, his rebellious streak was a mile wide.

Buckingham, who'll perform Thursday at the Parker Playhouse in Fort
Lauderdale, was the first to punch holes in the group's
multiplatinum success by countering the finely honed pop music of
the Rumours album with crude homemade recordings, via Tusk.



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He's quit Fleetwood Mac several times, only to come back, and he's
just issued Under the Skin, which was recorded at home and is almost
completely solo, with just Buckingham's voice and guitar.

It's the first Lindsey Buckingham album in 14 years. "A lot's
happened to me since the last time I made a solo album," said
Buckingham, 57. "I've got three kids now, so there's a whole subtext
of intimacy, and questions that have been answered after hanging out
there for many, many years.

Buckingham said that during the last Fleetwood Mac tour, in 2004, he
re-invented some of the old hits as solo pieces that featured his
unique finger-picked guitar style.

"Having an impact that way got me thinking about how many albums I
used to make where it sounded like a guy sitting in his living room
playing the guitar," he recalled. "What if you were to start there
and then add your production techniques and sensibilities?"

Buckingham and then-girlfriend Stevie Nicks joined Fleetwood Mac, a
British blues band arguably on its last legs, in 1975. The injection
of fresh creative energy had an immediate effect, with the Fleetwood
Mac and Rumours albums (in 1975 and '77, respectively) topping the
charts. The latter, to date, has sold more than 19 million copies in
the U.S. alone.

Buckingham's Go Your Own Way and Big Love remain Fleetwood Mac
signature songs; his sinewy guitar work is all over Rhiannon,
Dreams, Sara and the rest of the Nicks-penned Mac classics.
Buckingham, more than the others, chafed at the initial bubble of
gossip-driven celebrity that encased Fleetwood Mac (all the songs on
Rumours were about the band members' on-again, off-again romantic
entanglements, which the rock media loved).

The frustration was poured into Buckingham's contributions to 1980's
Tusk. He wrote and recorded nine songs at home, then brought them
into the studio, insisting they not be overly embellished.

"For Mick [Fleetwood] and Stevie I think it was more of a threat,
but for me hearing the Clash and all that kind of stuff that was
coming over, was very inspiring to me," Buckingham explained.

"It reinforced what I felt, which was that I would always have
rather been in a band like that than Fleetwood Mac, for certain
reasons."

Buckingham said he enjoys working alone, and the collaborative
studio process, equally.

"You can bring a tune in to the band and go through a process which
is certainly more political; it's a more conscious process. ... you
have to have that ... song completely written going in.

"... When I work alone, it's more like having a canvas and painting.
You don't feel obliged to have a fully fleshed-out idea, and you can
start throwing stuff together. I guess it becomes a more
subconscious thing, a more meditative process, and there are a lot
more surprises. Times when maybe the work will take on more of its
own personality and lead you places you wouldn't have expected to
go."

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The Definitive 200: Top Albums Of All Time
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Fame in Cleveland, released a list of what they term the definitive
200 albums of all time. Topped by the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Michael
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artists who we all love and rock out to.

Check out where your favorites rank.

The Definitive 200

1. Beatles – Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band – 1967
2. Pink Floyd – Dark Side Of The Moon – 1973
3. Michael Jackson – Thriller – 1982
4. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin IV – 1971
5. U2 – Joshua Tree –1987
6. Rolling Stones – Exile On Main Street – 1972
7. Carole King – Tapestry – 1971
8. Bob Dylan – Highway `61 Revisited – 1965
9. Beach Boys – Pet Sounds – 1966
10. Nirvana – Nevermind – 1991
11. Pearl Jam – Ten – 1991
12. Beatles – Abbey Road – 1969
13. Santana – Supernatural – 1999
14. Metallica – Metallica – 1991
15. Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run – 1975
16. Prince – Purple Rain – 1984
17. Ac/Dc – Back In Black – 1980
18. Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed – 1969
19. Doors – Doors – 1967
20. Grateful Dead – American Beauty – 1970
21. Shania Twain – Come On Over – 1997
22. Who – Who's Next – 1971
23. Stevie Wonder – Songs In The Key Of Life – 1976
24. Fleetwood Mac – Rumours – 1977
25. Pink Floyd – Wall – 1979
26. Alanis Morissette – Jagged Little Pill – 1995
27. Norah Jones – Come Away With Me – 2002
28. Eminem – Marshall Mathers Lp – 2000
29. Outkast – Speakerboxx-Love Below – 2003
30. Dr. Dre – Chronic – 1992
31. Beastie Boys – Licensed To Ill – 1986
32. Guns `N Roses –Appetite For Destruction – 1987
33. Dixie Chicks – Wide Open Spaces – 1998
34. Miles Davis – Kind Of Blue – 1959
35. Eagles – Hotel California – 1976
36. Def Leppard – Hysteria – 1987
37. Soundtrack – Grease – 1980
38. Marvin Gaye – What's Going On – 1978
39. Beatles – White Album – 1968
40. Soundtrack – Saturday Night Fever – 1977
41. Jimi Hendrix – Are You Experienced? – 1967
42. Beatles – Revolver – 1966
43. Boston – Boston – 1976
44. Bon Jovi – Slippery When Wet – 1986
45. U2 – Achtung Baby – 1991
46. Whitney Houston – Whitney Houston – 1985
47. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin Ii – 1969
48. Dave Matthews Band – Crash – 1996
49. Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers – 1971
50. Green Day – Dookie – 1994
51. Led Zeppelin – Houses Of The Holy –1973
52. Joni Mitchell – Blue – 1971
53. Elvis Presley – Elvis At Sun – 2004
54. Aerosmith – Toys In The Attic – 1975
55. Lauryn Hill – Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill – 1998
56. Bruce Springsteen – Born In The U.S.A. – 1984
57. 50 Cent – Get Rich Or Die Tryin' – 2003
58. Ac/Dc – Highway To Hell – 1979
59. Notorious B.I.G. – Life After Death – 1997
60. Van Halen – Van Halen – 1978
61. Green Day – American Idiot – 2004
62. Black Sabbath – Paranoid – 1971
63. Eminem – Eminem Show – 2000
64. Jewel – Pieces Of You – 1995
65. Coldplay – Rush Of Blood To The Head – 2002
66. Meatloaf – Bat Out Of Hell – 1977
67. Usher – Confessions – 2004
68. Kid Rock – Devil Without A Cause – 1998
69. George Harrison – All Things Must Pass – 1970
70. Billy Joel – Stranger – 1977
71. Eagles – Hell Freezes Over – 1994
72. Van Morrison – Moondance – 1970
73. Rem – Automatic For The People – 1992
74. Phil Collins – No Jacket Required – 1985
75. Metallica – Master Of Puppets – 1986
76. Faith Hill – Breathe – 1999
77. Johnny Cash – At Folsom Prison – 1968
78. John Coltrane – Love Supreme – 1964
79. Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here – 1975
80. Michael Jackson – Off The Wall – 1979
81. Marvin Gaye – Let's Get It On – 1973
82. Bob Seger – Night Moves – 1976
83. Paul Simon – Graceland – 1986
84. Linkin Park – Hybrid Theory – 2000
85. Prince – 1999 – 1983
86. Def Leppard – Pyromania – 1983
87. Janet Jackson – Control – 1986
88. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Blood Sugar Sex Magik – 1991
89. Dire Straits – Brothers In Arms – 1985
90. Tupac – All Eyez On Me – 1996
91. Matchbox Twenty – Yourself Or Someone Like You – 1996
92. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Californication – 1999
93. Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti – 1975
94. Nelly – Country Grammar – 2000
95. Creed – Human Clay – 1999
96. Clash – London Calling – 1979
97. Celine Dion – Falling Into You – 1996
98. Neil Young – Harvest – 1972
99. Soundtrack – Dirty Dancing – 1987
100. Dixie Chicks – Home – 2002
101. Tom Petty – Full Moon Fever – 1989
102. Van Halen – 1984 – 1984
103. Soundtrack – Titanic – 1997
104. Crosby Stills & Nash – Dιjΰ Vu – 1970
105. Tlc – Crazysexycool – 1999
106. Beck – Odelay – 1994
107. Kenny G – Breathless – 1992
108. Nwa. – Straight Outta Compton – 1989
109. Sex Pistols – Never Mind The Bollocks – 1977
110. Beatles – Rubber Soul – 1965
111. Radiohead – O.K. Computer – 1997
112. Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Trouble Water – 1970
113. Dixie Chicks – Fly – 1999
114. Metallica – And Justice For All – 1988
115. Michael Jackson – Dangerous – 1991
116. Mariah Carey – Daydream – 1995
117. Soundtrack – Top Gun – 1999
118. Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road – 1973
119. Police – Synchronicity – 1983
120. No Doubt – Tragic Kingdom – 1995
121. Rolling Stones – Beggar's Banquet – 1968
122. R Kelly – R – 1998
123. Tool – Lateralus – 2001
124. Oasis – What's The Story Morning Glory – 1995
125. Bob Marley – Exodus – 1977
126. Journey – Escape – 1981
127. Christina Aguilera – Christina Aguilera – 1999
128. Jay-Z – Blueprint – 2001
129. Alicia Keys – Diary Of Alicia Keys – 2003
130. Soundtrack – O Brother Where Art Thou? – 2000
131. Cars – Cars – 1978
132. Enya – Day Without Rain – 2000
133. Natalie Cole – Unforgettable With Love Natalie Cole – 1991
134. Soundtrack – Footloose – 1984
135. Lionel Richie – Can't Slow Down – 1983
136. Sarah Mclachlan – Surfacing – 1997
137. Bonnie Raitt – Nick Of Time – 1989
138. Metallica – Ride The Lightning – 1984
139. Sheryl Crow – Tuesday Night Music Club – 1993
140. Frank Sinatra – In The Wee Small Hours – 1954
141. Earth Wind Fire – Gratitude – 1975
142. Zz Top – Eliminator – 1983
143. Willie Nelson – Red Headed Stranger – 1975
144. John Lennon – Imagine – 1971
145. Toni Braxton – Toni Braxton – 1993
146. Etta James – At Last – 1961
147. Elvis Presley – Elvis Presley – 1956
148. Cat Stevens – Tea For The Tillerman – 1970
149. Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness – 1995
150. Dave Brubeck – Time Out – 1959
151. Janet Jackson – Janet – 1993
152. Queen – A Night At The Opera – 1975
153. Ozzy Osbourne – Blizzard Of Ozz –1980
154. Will Smith – Big Willie Style – 1997
155. Prince – Sign Of The Times – 1987
156. Public Enemy – It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back –
1988
157. Bob Dylan – Blood On The Tracks – 1975
158. George – Michael Faith – 1987
159. Boyz Ii Men – Cooleyhighharmony – 1993
160. Destiny's Child – Writing's On The Wall – 1999
161. Jay-Z – Black Album – 2003
162. Avril Lavigne – Let Go – 2002
163. Fugees – Score – 1996
164. Madonna – Like A Virgin – 1984
165. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin – 1969
166. Stevie Ray Vaughn – Texas Flood – 1983
167. Stone Temple Pilots – Core – 1992
168. Original Cast – Phantom Of The Opera Highlights – 1988
169. Jethro Tull – Aqualung – 1971
170. Tupac – Me Against The World – 1995
171. David Bowie – Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust – 1972
172. Shakira – Laundry Service – 2002
173. Soundtrack – Forrest Gump – 2001
174. Al Green – Call Me – 1973
175. Curtis Mayfield – Superfly – 1997
176. Live – Throwing Copper – 1994
177. George Benson – Breezin' – 1976
178. White Stripes – White Blood Cells – 2001
179. Lynyrd Skynyrd – Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Erd – 1973
180. Sade – Diamond Life – 1984
181. Fleetwood Mac – Fleetwood Mac – 1975
182. Paul Mccartney & Wings – Band On The Run – 1973
183. Beyonce – Dangerously In Love – 2003
184. Anita Baker – Rapture – 1986
185. Nas – Iiimatic – 1994
186. Barbara Streisand – A Star Is Born – 1976
187. Earth Wind Fire – That's The Way Of The World – 1975
188. Anita Baker – Rhythm Of Love – 1994
189. Jay-Z – In My Lifetime Vol 1 – 1997
190. Ll Cool J – Mama Said Knock You Out – 1990
191. Steely Dan – Aja – 1977
192. Willie Nelson – Stardust – 1978
193. Aretha Franklin – Sparkle – 1976
194. Andrea Bocelli – Andrea – 2004
195. Bob Dylan – Bringing It All Back Home – 1965
196. Luther Vandross – Never Too Much – 1981
197. U2 – All That You Can't Leave Behind – 2000
198. Rush – 2112 – 1976
199. Outkast – Aquemini – 1998
200. Grand Funk Railroad – We're An American Band – 1973



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Lindsey Buckingham: Thinking About Tomorrow



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By Rick Murphy









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Not too many musicians can say they were co-lead vocalist and
songwriter and lead singer on one of the best selling albums of all
time, but Lindsey Buckingham can.

Buckingham, as a member of Fleetwood Mac, will bring an intimate
band to the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center on Saturday,
March 24. The band will perform numbers from his critically
acclaimed Under the Skin solo album but also, "branch out and play
some of the stuff people expect."

"The Stuff," presumably, will include Buckingham originals
like "Monday Morning," "Go Your Own Way," "Sara," and written with
the entire band, "The Chain," often considered one of rock's finest
songs.

The band's seminal album, Rumours, won a Grammy award for Album of
the Year for 1977, and spent 31 weeks at the top of the Billboard
Music Charts. By 2003, the album had sold more than 19 million
copies in the United States alone and was certified by the RIAA as
the third-highest selling single-disc album in history. Yet
Buckingham might never had been a part of Fleetwood Mac if not for
an unusual turn of events.

With his then-partner Stevie Nicks, the duo already had one album
under their belts when Mick Fleetwood made a surprising offer just a
couple years before Rumours — join Fleetwood Mac, a band that had
already undergone significant changes. It first came to prominence
with the guitarist Peter Green ("Black Magic Woman") fronting the
band. When Green left first Danny Kirwan and then Bob Welch
("Sentimental Journey") joined the core band -- Mick on drums, John
McVie on bass and Christine McVie on keyboards and vocals.
Buckingham was ambivalent.

"Stevie and I had aspirations," he related in an interview
Thursday. "We hadn't given up. There was a lack of clarity about
exactly what our role would be with Fleetwood Mac." Buckingham
pointed out an unsung hero in the story, Mo Ostin of Warner brothers
records, who allowed Fleetwood and company to meander from album to
album without any set release dates and with ever-changing
personnel. "Mo let them sit on the label. Without him there would
never have been a Fleetwood Mac.

The band clicked from the onset, with Christine McVie's soaring,
harmonic compositions blending perfectly with Nicks' songs and
Buckingham's, who added searing lead guitar riffs behind the
legendary McVie/Fleetwood rhythm section.

"We were a real band," Buckingham said. We were players. . .we were
something more than say, The Eagles."

With the unforeseeable success of the album came the very public
spats: band members sleeping with each other's partners, the
breakups, the in-house screaming matches, chronicled in "Go Your Own
Way."

When it was time for a follow up album, Buckingham was determined to
break the mold. "We were poised to make another record, and everyone
expected Rumours II. I drew a line in the sand, and said let's do
this for the right reason," Buckingham recalled. The new double-
album, Tusk, heavily influenced by Buckingham, sold "only four
million" albums and was considered a disappointment. Buckingham said
it was his favorite Fleetwood Mac album.

He left the band in 1987 but the popularity of the songs led to
repeated calls for a reunion tour. Bill Clinton adopted the band's
song, "Don't Stop (Thinking About Tomorrow)" as his campaign theme
and the band sang it at his inauguration.

In the late nineties, Fleetwood Mac reunited for a worldwide
tour. "I took off in 1987 because things had gotten real crazy,"
Buckingham recalled. He said after getting married and having a
child, he "looked back with more tenderness. A lot of things had
changed. To get back to a situation where we were touring was a
meaningful time, a chance to reunite." A live album attests to the
band's prowess, but a new studio album was shelved, at least for the
time being.

Buckingham released his latest solo project, Under the Skin to
critical acclaim — it was chosen by Rolling Stone as one of the top
50 albums of the year. It features Buckingham's trademark harmonies,
intricately layered. The songs are reminiscent of the Beach Boys'
signature sound. That's no accident, Buckingham said.

"Being from California, Brian [Wilson] was a big influence on a
number of levels — as a producer, a writer, and someone who had some
problems with his support system." Under the Skin "is multi-layered.
Today, as we move into tougher times, you encounter the sense that
harmony is sentimental, and that's too bad."

In addition to another Fleetwood Mac project, there has been
significant clamoring for Buckingham and Nicks to re-release their
album, Buckingham Nicks, which has never been released digitally.
There is also talk of a tour to support the new project.

"It's on the backburner," Buckingham said. "It's part of the dynamic
between Stevie and I, we're always off doing something. It's a
victim of inertia."

The Westhampton show is his only area appearance, and tickets are
extremely limited. Call 288-2350 for reservations.

"It will be fun," Buckingham said. "We have a tight little band."

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