had a chance to play drums with lindsay for a day in rehearsal of his side project. he nearly blew me off of my drum throne with his talent & musical power . a turning point in my life. a super nice ,humble , intelligent dude. and a musical treasure.
Abigail Jones I think what he means is we all know the Jimmy Page, Pete Townsend, Jerry Cantrell, Kirk Hammet, etc. and so many other guitarists of the other bands that sold tons of records, but so many people know Fleetwood Mac songs but couldn't tell you the names of anyone but Stevie Nicks or "the Fleetwood guy" or sometimes that it's even Fleetwood Mac (partly because their style changed so many times over the years). The name isn't as synonymous with the band as many other guitarists' names are.
I've never played guitar in my life but I could watch this all day, just because it's so refreshing to listen to a master of his craft talk about what he does. I guess these days 99% of what you see on TV is so mindless and superficial, so stuff like this shines like a beacon.
You think how TOUGH the midspeed version is. Then Lindsey goes, "And then you speed it up", and, WHAM ! Lightspeed ! Gliding through hyperspace, you go, "I always knew Lindsey Buckingham was a genius". A hero since the first notes off the, "Rumours", album in the '70's. PLUS he CAN sing lead & harmonies. And the solo stuff like, "Holiday Road", & "Trouble" ? Man, Lindsey is ONE of those guys like Mc Cartney, who is just a gift to mankind from above. Godspeed, Lindsey ! May you ROCK forever !
Anyone who has seen his solo show knows how impressive he is technically, but for me his melodic constructions over the years are his most impressive achievement; yet he is so humble!
I really started admiring his playing after I began my delve into different picking styles and patterns. Landslide is still my go to song when I play while my daughter sings. Thank you, Mr. Buckingham, for the inspiration.
I never could master finger picking until I got into Fleetwood Mac and watched Lindsey play. One day it just clicked and I don't use a pick much anymore.
Holy shit he is sooo fast at finger picking. But the beauty of his playing is he is ALWAYS melodic, the song comes first, no unecessary show boating. What a player One of my favorite guitarists, just magic. Thank you Mr. Bukingham.
So underrated. I started playing the year Rumours was released. His chord voicings are like a crash course in Ted Greene's CHORD CHEMISTRY. Gorgeous. Not to mention his brilliant finger picking style(s)... from subdued Travis to all out frenetic picking. Always tasteful and fitting for the tune.
The English equivalent is probably Steve Howe. Self-taught long before the internet and could play many styles. A former guitar teacher told me about him coming to their music college and spending well over his allotted time with the students and then refusing payment, saying that music had been good to him.
Love his humility and "ordinary"-ness. His playing is like George Harrison's and Robby Krieger's. Compositional and melodic, in complete service to the song and to the music.
So generous of him to break this all down. I've always been a big Lindsey fan. Saw Fleetwood Mac maybe 8-10 yrs ago 7 rows back in Auburn Hills, MI. So good to see him/them right up near the stage seeing all their talent close up and personal.
I agree 100% it's really not that hard to pick up if you really put you're mind to it... My uncle was a big fan of Merle Travis and he started finger picking by just watching Merle Travis but Lindsey just took it to another level IMO.
Thanks for the intelligent reply! I am the same way man, though I started with a pick I quickly moved to finger picking after hearing chet. I practice on a nylon string and have developed a pretty unique playing style. I really love the touch that you can put in your playing through finger picking. It's amazing how much feeling you can put in your playing through finger picking. Its truly a beautiful art form.
WHEN I WAS A KID ,AND I SAW THE VIDEO COUNTDOWN , ITS THE SONG THAT GOT ME TO PLAY GUITAR , HIS TO GOOD AND DEF UNDERSTAND THE GUITAR IN A LEVEL FEW UNDERSTAND . HE CAN JUST FEEL THE VIBE OF THE SOUND , YOU KNOW
I saw Lindsay do a solo gig two years ago in a small intimate setting. There was no more than two hundred people there. Awesome show. No fancy lights, explosions, or a 70 foot stage. Just Lindsay, his guitars and a mike! Good is good. The other stuff is for the people who don't really listen.
I've always liked Fleetwood Mac including Buckingham, but I never really gave much thought about him personally. I like this guy! He's a good guitarist and far too underrated(but it sounds like that isn't a priority of his anyway), he's very humble and down to earth! He's someone I would love to sit around and talk and play guitar with. He's not a theory snob, doesn't read music and plays finger-style or hybrid style and doesn't like a pic... like me. It makes me feel like i'm not so unconventional. :)
Lindsey has such a unique personality in his playing. What I mean by that is that he has such a unique sound that if you were to play me something blindfolded and ask who that was just playing guitar, I'd know it was the Lindsman.
'Bernard Butler - How to play Animal Nitrate' is a similar video to this A very humble man that doesn't even consider himself a real guitarist, yet was responsible for some of the best melodic riffs of the 90s
When people say Lindsey is underrated and has one of the biggest selling albums ever with Fleetwood Mac? He was a "pop" music guitar player, it's the only reason he is not featured among many top guitarist polls, as he said it's all part of the bigger picture and he did that better than anyone.
nothing like a nice dose of lindsey to make me pick up my guitar again in the vain hope that one day after years and years of playing i might get close to half as good as he would be with a broken hand.
So I take it the theory is if I keep playing the the finger picking style slowly and just keep repeating I will eventually be able to play this fast. I can use plectrum and know all my chords ect but never tried this finger picking its incredible.
As I sit here and play my guitar and try to mimick Lindsey I, It is just best that I listen because I can't even get in the same page with him. He is da man
and now listen very closely to "6 & 12 string guitars" by Leo Kotke. 2 and half hours to record, and still selling more than 40yrs later. a true gem of finger picking perfection. he hits a couple of bum notes, but deliberately leaves them in. now, that is humility!
I admire Lindsay's prowess- I tried playing with a pick when I first started, never felt natural, to me... 10 years after I started playing, I learned that wasn't necessarily a bad thing, 'cuz he didn't use one, either, lol... I could never even be half the musician he is...
I believe he used the Tele even before he used the Gibson, during the Buckingham Nicks era and early FM recording sessions. You can see it on some pics of that time.
google "monday morning japan" ... he rocks a tele on that. he did on seldom occasion bust one out. i had to fight with someone over it once. "monday morning japan". you'll be glad you did. :D
Lindsey always had a nice right hand technique, like arpeggiated 32nd notes, could do that when I was 20 something, today, probably no, got those swollen hand blues
Lindsey doesn't play a Telecaster much. He's always using that Rick Turner model for electric stuff over the last 30+ years. I liked his sound best when he played that white Les Paul custom, but he apparently wasn't a fan of it. Mick Fleetwood and John McVie told him Fleetwood Mac was a Les Paul sound and made him get one, but he ditched it after Rumors, and I don't recall ever seeing him play it again. How can you not like playing a Les Paul, Lindsey?
i can tell you the bottom string(6th bigone) is C cause i grabbed my E and dropped it down till i heard it and it rings the same with a C chord on the top five strings.... thinking drop c
I always wondered how he got that harp like sound on songs like "Everything" and "Gypsy". That's not easy what he's doing...the fast, sweeping arpeggios, I mean.
@lbap94 Looks like a vintage guitar (judging by the single ply guard) with the metal cover removed from the neck pickup. I'm sure he has amassed quite a collection over the years. ;)
OK, here's an under rated guitar player. He can play as good as the top one's in his own style. I like his style. Rumer has it Eric Clapton is good??? I haven't heard it yet. I don't know what the hype is on that. Hendrix might be my all time favorite, though there's a few out there that it's hard to say.
I honestly expected him to be some kind of arrogant musical genius who's reclusive but well hes a nice guy hes very willing to share his playing secrets and hes got on the face of it what seems to be a very open and friendly personality id like to meet him just for an hour in a coffee bar in somewhere like paris and ask him about his inspirations and what its like workin with talent like christine mcvie stevie and mick. Yeah nice guy
had a chance to play drums with lindsay for a day in rehearsal of his side project. he nearly blew me off of my drum throne with his talent & musical power . a turning point in my life. a super nice ,humble , intelligent dude. and a musical treasure.
That’s an amazing experience, thx for sharing it , true musicians tend to be humble and teach us many lessons in short time😊
'Then when you speed it up ' - you realize what a genius he is !
37:00 on... ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Wow... Virtuoso at work/play!!
'Then when you speed it up' - I burn my guitars.
This guy is soooooo terribly overlooked and underrated!
yeah maybe but so are thousands of other musicians. If he wasn't "underrated" would his life really be any better/different? :)
Overlooked and underrated? How many albums could he possibly sell? He's plenty recognized.
I wouldn't say that Lindsey Buckingham is an overlooked artist...
Abigail Jones I think what he means is we all know the Jimmy Page, Pete Townsend, Jerry Cantrell, Kirk Hammet, etc. and so many other guitarists of the other bands that sold tons of records, but so many people know Fleetwood Mac songs but couldn't tell you the names of anyone but Stevie Nicks or "the Fleetwood guy" or sometimes that it's even Fleetwood Mac (partly because their style changed so many times over the years). The name isn't as synonymous with the band as many other guitarists' names are.
His style is so different from so many other great players.
I've never played guitar in my life but I could watch this all day, just because it's so refreshing to listen to a master of his craft talk about what he does. I guess these days 99% of what you see on TV is so mindless and superficial, so stuff like this shines like a beacon.
One of my all time absolute favorite guitarists in the world! A true genius!
You think how TOUGH the midspeed version is. Then Lindsey goes, "And then you speed it up", and, WHAM ! Lightspeed ! Gliding through hyperspace, you go, "I always knew Lindsey Buckingham was a genius". A hero since the first notes off the, "Rumours", album in the '70's. PLUS he CAN sing lead & harmonies. And the solo stuff like, "Holiday Road", & "Trouble" ? Man, Lindsey is ONE of those guys like Mc Cartney, who is just a gift to mankind from above. Godspeed, Lindsey ! May you ROCK forever !
Hail lindsay
My flabber is gasted.
Lindsey Buckingham seems like a very genuine human being and should b celebrated.
Im celebrating ljndsay and the old fleetwood mac
Lindsay. Just correcting myself
Anyone who has seen his solo show knows how impressive he is technically, but for me his melodic constructions over the years are his most impressive achievement; yet he is so humble!
That's exactly what I think, he builds such great melodies, it's incredible!
I really started admiring his playing after I began my delve into different picking styles and patterns. Landslide is still my go to song when I play while my daughter sings. Thank you, Mr. Buckingham, for the inspiration.
Tony DeGregorio try listening to "go insane"
I never could master finger picking until I got into Fleetwood Mac and watched Lindsey play. One day it just clicked and I don't use a pick much anymore.
Me, too.
Holy shit he is sooo fast at finger picking. But the beauty of his playing is he is ALWAYS melodic, the song comes first, no unecessary show boating. What a player
One of my favorite guitarists, just magic. Thank you Mr. Bukingham.
One of the most underrated guitarist of all time .
So underrated.
I started playing the year Rumours was released. His chord voicings are like a crash course in Ted Greene's CHORD CHEMISTRY. Gorgeous.
Not to mention his brilliant finger picking style(s)... from subdued Travis to all out frenetic picking. Always tasteful and fitting for the tune.
I have always admired your work Mr. Lindsey. You are a great inspiration to me.
Unbelievable! A true artist.
For a guy who admits he's self taught and can't read charts, his explanations about roots, 4th, and inversions are pretty masterful.
Yeah you can learn all these things on your own, especially with the internet. No big deal.
@@wandajames143 There was no internet when Lindsey was learning guitar.
The English equivalent is probably Steve Howe. Self-taught long before the internet and could play many styles. A former guitar teacher told me about him coming to their music college and spending well over his allotted time with the students and then refusing payment, saying that music had been good to him.
Love his humility and "ordinary"-ness. His playing is like George Harrison's and Robby Krieger's. Compositional and melodic, in complete service to the song and to the music.
His technique surpasses both of them though. Dude's a proper innovator.
So generous of him to break this all down. I've always been a big Lindsey fan. Saw Fleetwood Mac maybe 8-10 yrs ago
7 rows back in Auburn Hills, MI. So good to see him/them right up near the stage seeing all their talent close up and personal.
I could spend days listening to this man talk, and forever listening to him play....
I love how Lindsey has the beginner’s mindset, allows him to create very unique music
i feel inspired everythime i listen to Lindsey,he's one of my heroes!!
Always liked this guy's playing. One of the most economical yet effective lead guitarists and then there's all of that picking as well.
Good Lord, what a musician! He has an incredible sense of time.
Practicing Travis picking is one of the best decisions I've ever made.
I agree 100% it's really not that hard to pick up if you really put you're mind to it... My uncle was a big fan of Merle Travis and he started finger picking by just watching Merle Travis but Lindsey just took it to another level IMO.
Selling my guitars was mine!
What a class act he is. Thanks for this very illuminating lesson.
When one of the best and most underappreciated guitarists of all time is self taught and so super humble and relatable
Thanks for the intelligent reply! I am the same way man, though I started with a pick I quickly moved to finger picking after hearing chet. I practice on a nylon string and have developed a pretty unique playing style. I really love the touch that you can put in your playing through finger picking. It's amazing how much feeling you can put in your playing through finger picking. Its truly a beautiful art form.
Amazing. Doesnt need a pick. Mindblowing
Lindsey's finger picking style is incredible. Guitar master...
WHEN I WAS A KID ,AND I SAW THE VIDEO COUNTDOWN , ITS THE SONG THAT GOT ME TO PLAY GUITAR , HIS TO GOOD AND DEF UNDERSTAND THE GUITAR IN A LEVEL FEW UNDERSTAND . HE CAN JUST FEEL THE VIBE OF THE SOUND , YOU KNOW
I do love watch him playing guitar, his solo never sound bad,truly great guitar player
He is my guitar hero.
I saw Lindsay do a solo gig two years ago in a small intimate setting. There was no more than two hundred people there. Awesome show. No fancy lights, explosions, or a 70 foot stage. Just Lindsay, his guitars and a mike! Good is good. The other stuff is for the people who don't really listen.
I've always liked Fleetwood Mac including Buckingham, but I never really gave much thought about him personally. I like this guy! He's a good guitarist and far too underrated(but it sounds like that isn't a priority of his anyway), he's very humble and down to earth! He's someone I would love to sit around and talk and play guitar with. He's not a theory snob, doesn't read music and plays finger-style or hybrid style and doesn't like a pic... like me. It makes me feel like i'm not so unconventional. :)
Lindsey has such a unique personality in his playing. What I mean by that is that he has such a unique sound that if you were to play me something blindfolded and ask who that was just playing guitar, I'd know it was the Lindsman.
Love this guy.
Lindsey sounds EXACTLY like'Tandy' from 'last man on Easth' tv show!
'Bernard Butler - How to play Animal Nitrate' is a similar video to this
A very humble man that doesn't even consider himself a real guitarist, yet was responsible for some of the best melodic riffs of the 90s
Low E down to C
A down to G
D up to E
G
B down to A
E down to B
This tuning makes me hear John Lennon's
"Beautiful Boy", wonder if he used that tuning as well
When people say Lindsey is underrated and has one of the biggest selling albums ever with Fleetwood Mac? He was a "pop" music guitar player, it's the only reason he is not featured among many top guitarist polls, as he said it's all part of the bigger picture and he did that better than anyone.
nothing like a nice dose of lindsey to make me pick up my guitar again in the vain hope that one day after years and years of playing i might get close to half as good as he would be with a broken hand.
I love that he finger picks on a tele. What a cool guy - ever notice that the enduring legends like him and James Taylor are the humblest?
genius, this man is.
So I take it the theory is if I keep playing the the finger picking style slowly and just keep repeating I will eventually be able to play this fast. I can use plectrum and know all my chords ect but never tried this finger picking its incredible.
lol "when you speed it up" He was already playing nearly at my max speed
Lindsey Buckingham is not underrated. Incredible guitarist. Been a big influence on my playing
One of the best guitar players around
Very beautiful
Pretty damn impressive for someone who was self taught!
Self taught before the internet. I can’t even imagine how frustrating that would have been.
What a great guy.
Really cool and so unique
He starts off picking quite quickly then after says' then when you speed it up " ! Absolute genius
that's great to hear lindsey
Gracias Lindsay por tus conocimientos, enseñanzas y buena música creada para el mundo. JC
good one
Amazing Travis finger picking. Lindsey has beautiful hands.
As I sit here and play my guitar and try to mimick Lindsey I, It is just best that I listen because I can't even get in the same page with him. He is da man
and now listen very closely to "6 & 12 string guitars" by Leo Kotke. 2 and half hours to record, and still selling more than 40yrs later. a true gem of finger picking perfection. he hits a couple of bum notes, but deliberately leaves them in. now, that is humility!
Beautiful!
Wow, first time I've ever seen him on video playing anything other than a Les Paul(70s-78) or his custom Rick Turner Model 1(78-on)
mscentrum04: He's such a blessing..a humble Teacher/Star.Who knew?
Yes, I hope the people who fell-woke up!!!! Jeez...... Bless him!
Very nice Tele….Simple but amazing playing….
In service of the bigger picture, well said Mac.
William Percival
Gardenia Band
New Zealand
Kia Orana.
LEGEND!
Legendary
I cant pick like him, but I certainly love his phrasing. Especially "im so afraid"
he is a genius
Virtuoso!!!!!!!!!!
I admire Lindsay's prowess- I tried playing with a pick when I first started, never felt natural, to me... 10 years after I started playing, I learned that wasn't necessarily a bad thing, 'cuz he didn't use one, either, lol...
I could never even be half the musician he is...
So genius
The tuning is C G E G A B. I can write out the tablature if anyone wants. It's hard, but if you start slow and follow what he's doing, you can get it.
That's the Telecaster he used on Japan Rumours-dvd from 1977, and before he started playing only Turner-guitars?
I believe he used the Tele even before he used the Gibson, during the Buckingham Nicks era and early FM recording sessions. You can see it on some pics of that time.
He’s a genius!
It would have been videos like this that drew me to a telecaster. It’s just a good looking instrument. Got a squire classic vibe Great budget guitar
Reminds me of Richard Thompson's approach, very interesting!
Playing solo: "I am a fan of people who use the instrument in service of the bigger picture...". Wow, that is what I call true musicianship.
google "monday morning japan" ... he rocks a tele on that. he did on seldom occasion bust one out. i had to fight with someone over it once. "monday morning japan". you'll be glad you did. :D
this is the first time I seen this man with a guitar other than a Turner
He has also played Lee Paul & Tele (electric)
beautiful ...he's got me hypnotized @_@
Gaaaaaah! It’s the (picking) right hand we wanna hear about, Lindsey! ❤😂 But due respect to your fretting hand as well.
Lindsey always had a nice right hand technique, like arpeggiated 32nd notes, could do that when I was 20 something, today, probably no, got those swollen hand blues
Lindsey doesn't play a Telecaster much. He's always using that Rick Turner model for electric stuff over the last 30+ years. I liked his sound best when he played that white Les Paul custom, but he apparently wasn't a fan of it. Mick Fleetwood and John McVie told him Fleetwood Mac was a Les Paul sound and made him get one, but he ditched it after Rumors, and I don't recall ever seeing him play it again. How can you not like playing a Les Paul, Lindsey?
I hate the goddam pop-over ads that never quit! RAGE AGAINST THE ADS!
Jason Those ads are the reason youtube is free
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i can tell you the bottom string(6th bigone) is C cause i grabbed my E and dropped it down till i heard it and it rings the same with a C chord on the top five strings.... thinking drop c
Composer Richard Wagner - (sounds like Vogner) from 2005 movie The New World, is what Lindsey is referencing.
I always wondered how he got that harp like sound on songs like "Everything" and "Gypsy". That's not easy what he's doing...the fast, sweeping arpeggios, I mean.
How is he not in the top ten of greatest guitarist not ranked 100
Nice....
i love his modesty
This really gives me a Coldplay vibe
@lbap94 Looks like a vintage guitar (judging by the single ply guard) with the metal cover removed from the neck pickup. I'm sure he has amassed quite a collection over the years. ;)
right. inspired by richard wagner's: vorspiel from das rheingold
that is a damn nice telecaster
And he doesn't use a pick! The guy is phenomenal.
neither did Jeff Beck
This guy knows his shit. Back to the drawing board for this plank spanker!
OK, here's an under rated guitar player. He can play as good as the top one's in his own style. I like his style. Rumer has it Eric Clapton is good??? I haven't heard it yet. I don't know what the hype is on that. Hendrix might be my all time favorite, though there's a few out there that it's hard to say.
Thank you. I'll give it a try.
:-)
He never really said “what” tuning to use for this song. Does anyone out there know the correct tuning for this?
CGEGAB
I honestly expected him to be some kind of arrogant musical genius who's reclusive but well hes a nice guy hes very willing to share his playing secrets and hes got on the face of it what seems to be a very open and friendly personality id like to meet him just for an hour in a coffee bar in somewhere like paris and ask him about his inspirations and what its like workin with talent like christine mcvie stevie and mick. Yeah nice guy
I imagine the Wagner piece he was inspired by was 'Entry of the Gods into Valhalla'.
Same opera, but the beginning ,not the end. (Prelude from Das Rheingold)