Lindsey Buckingham Honors 'Musical Comrade' Christine McVie

Lindsey Buckingham made his first feedback because the loss of life of Christine McVie, describing his departed Fleetwood Mac bandmate his “musical comrade.”

“Christine McVie’s sudden passing is profoundly heartbreaking,” Buckingham started his message, posted to Instagram. “Not only were she and I part of the magical family of Fleetwood Mac, to me Christine was a musical comrade, a friend, a soul mate, a sister. For over four decades, we helped each other create a beautiful body of work and a lasting legacy that continues to resonate today. I feel very lucky to have known her. Though she will be deeply missed, her spirit will live on through that body of work and that legacy.”

Buckingham joined Fleetwood Mac, together with Stevie Nicks, on the final day of 1974. He rapidly developed a songwriting kinship with McVie, who at that time had been within the band since 1970.

“I remember being in rehearsals with Christine and the rest of the band before we cut that first album,” Buckingham recalled many years later,” and it was so clear immediately that she and I had this factor. Probably the very first thing that hit me about being in Fleetwood Mac was being extraordinarily conscious that I had one thing to contribute to Christine’s songs. She was open to me taking liberties together with her songs and has been ever since.”

McVie and Buckingham worked together on a total of five Fleetwood Mac studio albums, along with one release as a duo, 2017’s Lindsey Buckingham/Christine McVie.

McVie’s sudden death at the age of 79 has sent shockwaves through the rock world. In a joint statement, Fleetwood Mac remembered the musician as “actually one-of-a-kind, particular and gifted past measure.” In a separate post to social media, Nicks called McVie her “greatest buddy in the entire world.” “See you on the opposite facet, my love,” the iconic frontwoman added. “Don’t overlook me.”