LMAO!! Dang, he is getting the Wrath of Khan with LB fans, huh?
People (Joe Schmoe) don't RECOGNIZE Lindsey ENOUGH. That is my MAIN beef....he's OVERSHADOWED. He is kinda like a secret you wanna share with the world, but yet, it's cool to have that lil secret, ya know? We Buckingham fans are pulled both ways.
The reason LB fans pounce on these people is because we are PASSIONATE about Lindsey and his music, we want him to be recognized and praised, we feel he is WORTHY of it. Clapton's and Hendrix's fans are that way too, we all want our faves to get the recognition we feel they deserve.
I'll say this...if Lindsey were not in the group, he wouldn't get ANY recognition (we already know that, unfortunately), so I can't complain about him being in FM and not getting recognized as much, at least he DOES get props every once in a blue moon. He was voted Best Rock Guitarist (thanks to Seteca for this info):
Fourteen celebrated Guitarists picked up 1998 Gibson Guitar Awards today at a stellar celebration at New York City's Hard Rock Cafe. Winners included Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham, pop songstress Sheryl Crow, slide queen Bonnie Raitt as well as hit maker Dave Matthews and newcomer Johnny Lang. Gibson Musical Instruments CEO Henry Juszkiewicz presented Rock icon John Fogerty the Orville H. Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award.
"This is a tremendous honor for me," Fogerty said. "In recent years I've spent a lot of time honing my skills as a Guitarist, which shows that the learning process is an ongoing one."
The award is determined each year from nominations by editors of leading guitar magazines with the winner in each category chosen by music critics from around the country. Proceeds from the award ceremony benefit the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Foundation, which aids severely handicapped children through the use of improvisational music.
Best Rock Guitarist - Male Lindsey Buckingham
Best Rock Guitarist - Female Sheryl Crow
Best Acoustic Guitarist - Male Dave Matthews
Best Acoustic Guitarist - Female Shawn Colvin
Best Blues Guitarist - Male Luther Allison
Best Blues Guitarist - Female Bonnie Raitt
Best Jazz Guitarist - Male Mike Stern
Best Jazz Guitarist - Female Leni Stern
Best Country Guitarist - Male Lee Roy Parnell
Best Country Guitarist - Female Anita Cochran
Best Bassist - Male Sebastian Steinberg (Soul Coughing)
Best Bassist - Female Me'Shell Ndgeocello
Les Paul Horizon Award (most promising) Johnny Lang
Orville H. Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award John Fogerty