Buck Meek
Buck Meek | |
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![]() Meek performing with Big Thief in 2018 | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Alexander Buck Meek |
Born | Wimberley, Texas | July 10, 1987
Genres | Folk |
Labels | Keeled Scales |
Associated acts | Big Thief, Adrianne Lenker |
Website | buckmeekmusic |
Buck Meek (born July 10, 1987) is an American musician from Wimberley, Texas, best known as the guitarist and backing vocalist of Big Thief.
Early life[]
Meek was raised in Texas and was introduced to the guitar at a young age, playing blues and folk at local venues in his youth.[1][2] Similarly to the other members of Big Thief, Meek attended Berklee College of Music, but he did not form a band with his future bandmates until after they had graduated.[3]
Career[]
In 2014, Meek released two EPs with Adrianne Lenker, a-sides and b-sides.[1] The following year Meek formed Big Thief with Lenker and Max Oleartchik after they met Oleartchik in Brooklyn, recognising him from Berklee College.[4] Meek has recorded four studio albums with Big Thief to critical acclaim.[5] Their 2019 album U.F.O.F. was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album.[6] Meek released an eponymous debut solo album in May 2018, and Two Saviors in January 2021.[7][8][9][10] Two Saviors was recorded at the corner of Royal and Desire in New Orleans, LA[11] alongside producer Andrew Sarlo, who also worked on all of Big Thief's studio albums.[12]
Meek appeared in the Alma Har'el-directed Bob Dylan concert film Shadow Kingdom: The Early Songs of Bob Dylan, which debuted on Veeps.com on July 18, 2021.[13]
Personal life[]
Meek and bandmate Adrianne Lenker married after they met in New York.[14] The couple divorced in 2018.[15][16]
Discography[]
Solo[]
- Studio albums
- Buck Meek (Keeled Scales, 2018)
- Two Saviors (Keeled Scales, 2021)
- EPs
- a-sides (with Adrianne Lenker; Saddle Creek, 2014)
- b-sides (with Adrianne Lenker; Saddle Creek, 2014)
With Big Thief[]
- Masterpiece (Saddle Creek, 2016)
- Capacity (Saddle Creek, 2017)
- U.F.O.F. (4AD, 2019)
- Two Hands (4AD, 2019)
- Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You (4AD, 2022)
References[]
- ^ a b Naddaff-Hafrey, Benjamin (November 9, 2017). "The Lore Of Big Thief". NPR. Archived from the original on November 10, 2017. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
- ^ "In Conversation: Buck Meek". Clash Magazine. January 12, 2021. Archived from the original on January 12, 2021. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
- ^ Maldonado, Eva (August 10, 2018). "Indie rock band Big Thief talks Berklee, Boston, and being vulnerable". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on August 10, 2018. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
- ^ Zoladz, Lindsay (April 30, 2019). "The Big Themes and Big Dreams of Big Thief". The Ringer. Archived from the original on May 1, 2019. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
- ^ Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (February 28, 2020). "Big Thief review – brawny folk-rockers beguile the big leagues". The Guardian. Archived from the original on February 28, 2020. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
- ^ Hogan, Marc (November 20, 2019). "5 Takeaways from the 2020 Grammy Nominations". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on November 21, 2019. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
- ^ Naddaff-Hafrey, Benjamin (March 2018). "Big Thief's Buck Meek Goes Solo With Ramshackle 'Cannonball!'". NPR. Archived from the original on March 1, 2018. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
- ^ Mongredien, Phil (January 17, 2021). "Buck Meek: Two Saviors review – too laid-back for his own good". The Guardian. Archived from the original on January 17, 2021. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
- ^ Hussey, Allison (May 19, 2018). "Buck Meek: Buck Meek". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on May 22, 2018. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
- ^ Greene, Jayson (January 21, 2021). "Buck Meek: Two Saviors". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on January 21, 2021. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
- ^ "Two Saviors, by Buck Meek".
- ^ Lim, Eddy (October 6, 2020). "Big Thief's Buck Meek announces new album, shares new single | NME". NME. Archived from the original on October 24, 2020. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
- ^ Rapp, Allison (July 18, 2021). "Bob Dylan Delivers Intimate Virtual Concert, 'Shadow Kingdom'". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved July 18, 2021.
- ^ Gottsegen, Will (October 22, 2020). "Going Deep With Adrianne Lenker". GQ. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Barlow, Eve (May 1, 2019). "Big Thief's exploratory folk is alternately intimate and expansive on 'U.F.O.F.'". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on May 1, 2019. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
- ^ Petrusich, Amanda (October 12, 2020). "Adrianne Lenker's Radical Honesty". The New Yorker. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
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- Living people
- American male singer-songwriters
- Berklee College of Music alumni
- Guitarists from Texas
- 1987 births
- Big Thief members
- Singer-songwriters from Texas