(Gibson) Few would deny that Lindsey Buckingham is a six-string virtuoso. Still, in a just-published interview with Jam! Showbiz, the veteran rocker intimated that he views the instrument primarily as a songwriting tool."I don't approach it academically," he said. "I don't play every day. I don't sit and practice scales. I don't even know scales. If there's an academic aspect to it, it's about intellectualizing how to approach songs. When I started playing at about seven, I had a chord book and an older brother who had 45s, and I was just learning songs. And it's always been about songs. But as far as the guitar becoming more important or prominent, a few years ago the song 'Big Love' made its way to the stage as a guitar-and-voice piece. It became such a touchstone for me, in terms of using the guitar to do the work of a whole track. And that approach has expanded over the years."
Buckingham went on to address the inevitable question about the status of his main band. "Fleetwood Mac always comes back around," he said. "I would be shocked if there wasn't some talk about picking up Fleetwood Mac again in 2012. It would be nice, possibly, to do another album. We haven't done that for a few years." more on this story
