• Faith: Agnostic
• Career: Musician
• Birthday:  October 03, 1949

Born at the genesis of the rock and roll era, Lindsey Adams Buckingham is known as a prolific band frontman, award-winning producer and accomplished guitarist during his years with the second iteration of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group, Fleetwood Mac.

He’s also the reason the band broke up, largely because of his tumultuous relationship with Stevie Nicks.

Buckingham's musical journey began with a toy Mickey Mouse guitar and later, a Harmony guitar purchased by his parents. He developed a passion for folk music and played with the band Fritz. Fortunately, for classic rock lovers, his exploration of music didn’t stop at folk music and Mickey Mouse.

The man who would later be noted in Rolling Stone’s 2011 “The 100 Best Guitarists of All Time” fell in love with his brother’s album collection. That brother, Gregory, won a silver medal at the 1968 Olympics in swimming. There was a large amount of folk music in Gregory’s collection, but also other inspirations for Buckingham in Santana, Janis Joplin and the preeminent Jimi Hendrix.

His senior high school days are when he met his destiny and Stevie Nicks. Stevie Nicks first met Lindsey Buckingham during her senior year at Menlo-Atherton High School.

He later invited her to sing lead vocals in his band Fritz, and they later formed a duo called Buckingham Nicks. In January 1975, their song “Frozen Love” fell on Mick Fleetwood’s lap, and the rest is musical history.

Fleetwood was looking to resurrect an impressive Blues career with the legendary Peter Green. He understood where trends were going in music and was looking for the right voices and talents. That sound had him. Along with Mick, they met John and Christine McVie and formed the new Fleetwood Mac.

It only took two albums to make them superstars. When “Rumours” came out, it was a remarkable success. It won a GRAMMY for Album of the Year in 1978 and is easily considered one of the greatest albums of all time, with 40 million copies sold worldwide.

In 2017, “Rumours” was selected for preservation by the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry. It has four songs that dominated the Billboard Hot 100, and their fandom still grows today.

Lindsey Buckingham’s Religious Beliefs

During his days with Stevie Nicks, the couple moved around frequently. As a nomadic couple, they shared life together, but not religion. Nicks, an avowed Wiccan, never connected that part of her life with Buckingham. He isn’t known for talking about spirituality, religion or Jesus throughout his career.

Life in 1960s Los Angeles opened Buckingham to many spiritual influences and several different religious beliefs. In a 2011 L.A. Mag interview, Buckingham said, “I think music has the potential to have such a religious connotation to it. The use of the word religion in the best sense of the word, not overly organized, just whatever religion means to you.”

That phrase “Whatever religion means to you” encapsulates his collective thoughts on spirituality since little is known or recorded about Lindsey Buckingham’s religious beliefs.

Later in that same article, he said, "It's a rite of passage when you perform, a right of passage going from beginning to end on a project. All of that taps into something primal, something deeply felt. I feel lucky to connect with that.”