Young Mr. Buckingham
 

Noted in another thread that we met Will Buckingham after the show. My daughter asked him if he plays the guitar and he said his dad tried to teach him but that it did not work out too well. He said he was there with a few friends. Just kidding around, we asked if he ever signed hins autograph, he said no so my daughter had him sign her ticket stub. He signed it very formally, like a homework assignment. When asked he said he was in the seventh grade. Seems like a very good kid. Thought some might appreciate seeing his photo (I cropped out my daughter for both his and her sake).

Lindsey doppelganger. I haven't see the daughters in quite a while so I couldn't say how similar they are, but LB contributed the majority of his physical genes to this one for sure.

Thanks for sharing lbfan!! :)

He's such a cutie and he looks SO much like Lindsey.

Thanks for sharing! He also looks pretty grown for a 7th grader, if that makes sense. Like he looks older than he is.

having my 8th grader and his friends to compare, i'd say he looks very much his age, still a pretty kid. next year, he'll be a teenager with a deep voice and a shadow of a mustache ;)

Well, he looks a lot older than many of the 9th grade boys at my school! Maybe there's something in the water down here that's not doing them any favors! ;)

He's so cute!!! I don't think I've ever seen him smile before. He's adorable.
If he travels around with Dad in the fall, I'm SO taking a niece or two with me;-)

..a nephew even! Why not! :lol:

Love it! :thumbsup:

Will seemed to move with a confidence and grace that other boys that age lack. Although, I probably just say that because the boys he was with seemed younger than him. Maybe they were shorter and not younger. I don't know.

I noticed that Stella's hair is now darker than her sister's. She's still blonde, but not so much. Lee Lee was walking around with her friend before the show, being very much a pre-teen. Stella was not, but then who knows when her bed time is. She might have been tired.

Michele

Hey, I'm equal opportunity but the only nephew I have is a labrador retriever!

I can't decide if he looks more like Kristen or Stevie. :lol:

Wow...he looks just like Lindsey.

He's going to be a very, very good-looking adult.*




(*I can say that and it not be creepy, right?)

Lindsey threw me for a loop, because I expected him to mention his wife and kids in the Big Love intro as always and he didn't. So, I immediately thouht, "Oh, he obviously doesn't love those slackers any more!"

But he had something else up his sleeve. He was making his song introductions tell a story and he tied the last intro to one that had come earlier. So, he wrapped it all up in the end by referring us to his earlier mention of the choices you make in life. Concluding that when he sees his beautiful wife and beautiful children in the audience, he can't find fault with any of the choices he has made along the way. Very nicely done.

Some things never change. He did act like he was having trouble remembering when he wrote Big Love . I practically screamed 1987 just because I was tired of him pretending that the year had slipped his mind, when he's said it dozens of time before. Michele

I know your joking, but I couldn't even pretend to see Stevie in this kid's face. Kristen is even stretching it (I think he has her nose a bit, and maybe the lips). But perhaps the daughters?

Those who went would know. :)

Thanks for sharing the pic! He'll be a ladies man, I bet.

Awwww... I always thought they'd make beautiful children together. :lol::wavey:

Kristen has such nice bone structure that I don't think you can do better than her, if you're just going for good looking children.

Michele

Yes, he has Kristen's cheekbones.

The spit of his dad. But he'll never in a million years be as gorgeous as Papa - just not possible.

He does look exactly like LB. Assuming he doesn't peak too early, he'll be a really good looking adult. But unfortunately, far too many of the guys I went to high school with, who I thought were totally hot then, came out on the other side of 30 (25, in some cases) not looking too pretty. :(

When we look at those high school pictures of Lindsey, it seems he got better looking in his twenties and thirties than he was then.

Michele

Exactly - we're really only commenting on the possible handsomeness of the future adult Will Buckingham. I'll only ever drool over daddy :)

And even better in his 40s, 50s and 60s - his 70s are looking rosy!

Hey there, Everyone

Just joined, so hi and happy Tuesday. I've enjoyed reading everyone's various posts and opinions and I imagine I might get flamed for this but does anyone else feel uncomfortable about posting and sharing pictures of Lindsey's son online? I do.

Just a thought. :D

Kiki

I don't see the problem. He posed for the pic. Plus, Lindsey released a DVD with his kids all over it, they've been in magazine shoots and are at his concerts. If he didn't want his children seen then they would need to do a better job at hiding them, in my opinion. He's got to know his fans would be interested in seeing his family. Otherwise, why publicize?

This. :)

ten

He is sooo cute, and looks SO much like Linds. Thanks for showing us the picture!

I guess being a parent makes me extremely cautious about what is allowed online and who is allowed to post pictures of my son (no one!).

I think it's very odd that Lindsey brings his kids onstage (I believe I saw photos posted here once) and makes videos and such but that is his prerogative and his choice.

And-yes, his son posed for the photo but he is only 12 or 13; that is too young for him to give his consent for the photo to be posted online; I'm sure he was being polite and thought it would just be kept in the camera. I know it was posted with the best intentions but now there are many comments from fans discussing how good looking he is and which parent he favors. Besides, another photo was posted of him standing with a friend in the theatre and he didn't pose for that or give implicit or explicit permission to post it, nor did his parents.

I guess I just sense a level of perceived familiarity and intimacy that is a little surprising, especially considering how exposing the internet can be. I like how passionate you guys are about Lindsey but I feel like his family should be off limits; this includes showing up to Kristen's showroom, but especially leaving his kids alone.

Am I alone in this belief?
:confused:

Kiki

You make good points, given security concerns. If Will could have been recognized from my photo taken from behind, I might have thought twice about posting it. However, given the distance and the angle, he could not be recognized.

Actually though, he did give implicit and explicit permission for photos to be taken because it was in a public place. The signs around the theater actually said that we all gave permission for our likenesses to be shown, because the entire event was being filmed for broadcast and that filming included the audience, especially the row containing Lindsey's family, so that his kids and the kids with them would be shown along with his reference to them at the end of the concert.

However, even if the concert was not being taped, when you are in a public place like that there is no expectation of privacy. Every ticket stub will say that on the back, whether it's a concert, a sporting event or Disneyland. By simply being there, you give your consent to be pictured and taped. Plus, barring criminal use, unless that picture is being used for commercial purposes you don't need parental permission to take a kid's picture, not legally. Socially, of course, it is always polite to ask.

Anyway, even if it's not a ticketed event, minor and adult can be filmed and photographed in public without anyone's permission, which is why Google gets away with photographing and recording images for Google earth, even if they capture people coming out of places where they would rather not be seen. In America, that's Google's right. Other countries have restrictions.

Certainly celebrity kids require special protection, with kidnapping fears and whatnot. But I don't think there's anything wrong with posting or discussing that picture here. It seems like you joined for the sole purpose of dispensing a couple of lectures. Point taken, but I think we'll go back to business as usual.

Michele

Young Mr. Buckingham !!!
 

:angel: Thanks to The Angels of Music who share wonderful photos they find for us LB Fanatics!:thumbsup:Will Buckingham is a "chip off
the old block"!
He is adorable and does look older than 12 and he does seem grown up!

Remember the photo of their kids in the music room with the kitty? Maybe he'll be an engineer!!! Thanks again...we all appreciated your sharing!!!! Handsome boy!!! :] Lindsey seems proud of his son!!! :)