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Contents 1 Screwy link 2 Poor boy 3 Name and date of birth 4 Epilepsy? 5 Infobox fields

[edit] Screwy link

The link:
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=1LINDSEY|BUCKINGHAM
doesn't appear correctly in the article. It probably has to do with the presence of weird characters in the link. If anyone knows how to fix this, please do so. Thanks. —Frecklefoot 21:10, 28 Jan 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Poor boy

Like Alannah Myles, he must definitely be one of the most misspelt artists ever. almost 25,000 hits on google for "Linds*a*y B.", > 300,000 for "Linds*e*y B." -andy 80.129.74.95 21:27, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Name and date of birth

My research points towards his full name being Lindsey Adams Buckingham, and being born on 3 October 1947, not 1949. Can someone comment further ?|

Derek R Bullamore 18:27, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

I don't know about his middle name, but his birthdate was taken from here, his own Web site. --Aguerriero (talk) 19:22, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Epilepsy?

Has Lindsey said this in interviews because I can't seem to find any information about it.

[edit] Infobox fields

Now that the much more suitable guitarist infobox has been restored (after being vandalised back on March 1st) it would be great to see the audio caption field populated. According to the project guidelines this field is to be used for a 30 second sound byte that gives a sample of Buckingham's guitar style. Buckingham has a very unique guitar style and he is often underrated(or forgotten completely) for his guitar skills. I can think of many songs(both solo and Mac) that a nice audio rip could be taken from but my choices and someone else's choices could be completely different. Some audio sample consensus should be reached on what sound byte could be uploaded and placed in the empty field. I see the Mark Knopfler article has an audio sample and, being who the subject is, the sample is taken from his Sultans of Swing solo (an obvious choice). For the Buckingham article it won't be as easy. Any thoughts on which song should be sampled? 156.34.142.110 12:05, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

How about Big Love Or Go Insnae From The Dance 88.108.12.81 21:36, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Go Insane doesn't really contain a sample of his unique guitar skill. Big Love, the original version, is better. But I was just listening to Buckingham's live solo acoustic version of Big Love which has a 30 second acoustic 'fingerpick' style interlude right in the middle that would be perfect. Audio samples can't exceed 30 seconds. And that little solo really shows his particular guitar style quite well. Are you familiar with that version of the track? 156.34.142.110 13:52, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Yes I think that would be a great example i have the track but i think think the on from the Elizabethan soundtrack is better i have both tracks/albums?

Will add one in for now. A different one...either better quality or a cleaner edit may be added in. A request can be made, perhaps, to add 2? Peter Fleet 03:34, 28 March 2007 (UTC)