Lindsey Buckingham

DrCornelius

guitarjack66 said:

soma1975 said:

I think Lindsey is one of the greatest guitarists the world has ever seen. Probably top 5 or at least top 10 for me. 

But he's not as good a guitarist as Stevie Nicks is a singer and frontperson and the public (and band) agree.

Nobody cares about what he comes up with now. They just want the hits and those parts have already been written and can be copied. NOBODY sounds/is like Stevie Nicks and if she can't be fucked with putting up with his bullshit he is gone. 

Sex (appeal) sells.

Its the only reason I ever get into any bands

DaveJames

I was watching sting do a live version of blackstar, and his thumb was going twenty to the dozen, fuck knows what he was doing.

brojangles

@stufisher - I learned this during the lockdown in 2020. (This and a guitar arrangement of the prelude from the first Bach cello suite - I've always played with a pick and thought I'd try some fingerstyle stuff.) It took me a few months to get it right and I still can't sing the chorus while playing it. The solo bit that LB plays these days is really fun to play. The main thing is just endless repetition and programming it into your right hand until it starts doing it automatically. There's also a nasty left-hand chord position shift/stretch in the bit between the lines in the verse. And some nasty syncopated picking in the chorus. But it's totally doable from a standing start with a bit of patience. I don't recommend doing it in a pandemic lockdown, though, because your family may start wanting to kill you. I used this guy's video lesson because I find it impossible to deduce phrasing/rhythms from tab: https://www.jerrysguitarbar.com/guitar-video-lessons/individual-songs/fleetwood-mac-never-going-back-again/

guitarjack66

DrCornelius said:

guitarjack66 said:

soma1975 said:

I think Lindsey is one of the greatest guitarists the world has ever seen. Probably top 5 or at least top 10 for me. 

But he's not as good a guitarist as Stevie Nicks is a singer and frontperson and the public (and band) agree.

Nobody cares about what he comes up with now. They just want the hits and those parts have already been written and can be copied. NOBODY sounds/is like Stevie Nicks and if she can't be fucked with putting up with his bullshit he is gone. 

Sex (appeal) sells.

Its the only reason I ever get into any bands

Its another of the many reasons I dont!