Buck Meek

Buck Meek (born July 10, 1987) is an American musician from Wimberley, Texas, best known as the guitarist and backing vocalist of Big Thief.

Buck Meek
Meek performing with Big Thief in 2018
Background information
Birth nameAlexander Buck Meek
Born (1987-07-10) July 10, 1987
Wimberley, Texas
GenresFolk
LabelsKeeled Scales
Associated actsBig Thief
Websitebuckmeekmusic.com

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 Sonic Ranch alongside producer Andrew Sarlo, who also worked on all of Big Thief's studio albums.[11]

Meek both played in and 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.[12]

Personal life

Meek and bandmate Adrianne Lenker married after they met in New York.[13] The couple divorced in 2018.[14][15]

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

References
  1. Naddaff-Hafrey, Benjamin (November 9, 2017). "The Lore Of Big Thief". NPR. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
  2. "In Conversation: Buck Meek". Clash Magazine. January 12, 2021. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
  3. Maldonado, Eva (August 10, 2018). "Indie rock band Big Thief talks Berklee, Boston, and being vulnerable". The Boston Globe. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
  4. Zoladz, Lindsay (April 30, 2019). "The Big Themes and Big Dreams of Big Thief". The Ringer. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
  5. Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (February 28, 2020). "Big Thief review – brawny folk-rockers beguile the big leagues". The Guardian. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
  6. Hogan, Marc (November 20, 2019). "5 Takeaways from the 2020 Grammy Nominations". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
  7. "Big Thief's Buck Meek Goes Solo With Ramshackle 'Cannonball!'". NPR. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
  8. Mongredien, Phil (January 17, 2021). "Buck Meek: Two Saviors review – too laid-back for his own good". The Guardian. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
  9. Hussey, Allison (May 19, 2018). "Buck Meek: Buck Meek". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
  10. Greene, Jayson (January 21, 2021). "Buck Meek: Two Saviors". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
  11. Lim, Eddy (October 6, 2020). "Big Thief's Buck Meek announces new album, shares new single | NME". NME. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
  12. Rapp, Allison (July 18, 2021). "Bob Dylan Delivers Intimate Virtual Concert, 'Shadow Kingdom'". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved July 18, 2021.
  13. Gottsegen, Will (October 22, 2020). "Going Deep With Adrianne Lenker". GQ. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
  14. Barlow, Eve (May 1, 2019). "Big Thief's exploratory folk is alternately intimate and expansive on 'U.F.O.F.'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
  15. Petrusich, Amanda (October 12, 2020). "Adrianne Lenker's Radical Honesty". The New Yorker. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
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