Check his work out on this:
Buckingham’s “I’m So Afraid” was such a personal statement for him. YouTube followed that up with a version done many years later “Live from Boston” (that whole show’s a keeper), and you can see how mental illness had changed him as he veered into some dark Clapton-esque territory.
For all their fame and fortune I feel far better off unwealthy with intact sanity. For the most part LOL.
I've always believed that you play to highlight the song, not to highlight the player. The song is all that matters. There are two ways you can choose to go. You can try to be someone like Eddie Van Halen, who is a great guitarist, a virtuoso. Yet he doesn't make good records because what he plays is totally lost in the context of this band's music. Then there are guitar players like Chet Atkins, who weren't out there trying to show themselves off as guitarists per se, but were using the guitar as a tool to make good records. I remember loving Chet's work when I was a kid, but it was only later, when I really listened to his guitar parts, that I realized how much they were a part of the song's fabric, and how much you'd be going 'Oh, that song just isn't working' if they weren't there
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsey_Buckingham#Musical_style
I would not quite agree Eddie Van Halen's albums were all musically poor, Geez! But then again, none really trip my trigger, either, from an attitude / approach / lyrical standpoint, or from ability to really involve me with the music. BTW, that rendition of "I'm So Afraid" is brilliant. I don't quite get into that feeling, but, I do understand where he is coming from, and his expression on the instrument is mesmerizing...