Buck Meek

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Buck Meek
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Meek performing with Big Thief in 2018
Background information
Birth nameAlexander Buckley Meek
Born (1987-07-10) July 10, 1987 (age 37)
Wimberley, Texas, U.S.
GenresFolk
Labels
Member of Big Thief
Website buckmeekmusic.com

Alexander Buckley "Buck" Meek (born July 10, 1987) is an American musician from Wimberley, Texas, best known as the guitarist and backing vocalist of Big Thief. He has released three solo albums: Buck Meek (2018), Two Saviors (2021) and Haunted Mountain (2023).

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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] After Berklee, Meek moved to New York City, busking at the 14th Street-Union Square and Bedford Avenue subway stations to pay his rent. [4]

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 Bushwick, Brooklyn, recognising him from Berklee College. [5] Meek has recorded five studio albums with Big Thief to critical acclaim. [6] Their 2019 album U.F.O.F. was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album. [7] Meek released an eponymous debut solo album in May 2018, and Two Saviors in January 2021. [8] [9] [10] [11] Two Saviors was recorded at the corner of Royal and Desire in New Orleans, LA [12] alongside producer Andrew Sarlo, who also worked on all of Big Thief's studio albums. [13]

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. [14]

Personal life

Meek and bandmate Adrianne Lenker married after they met in New York. [15] The couple divorced in 2018. [16] [17] He lives in Southern California with his wife, Germaine Dunes, whom he met in the Netherlands. [18] [19]

Discography

Studio albums

TitleDetailsPeak chart positions
US
Curr.
[20]
Buck Meek—
Two Saviors
  • Released: January 15, 2021
  • Label: Keeled Scales
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette, digital download, streaming
—
Haunted Mountain
  • Released: August 28, 2023 [21]
  • Label: 4AD
  • Formats: LP, CD, digital download, streaming
82

EPs

With Big Thief

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  2. ↑ "In Conversation: Buck Meek". Clash Magazine . January 12, 2021. Archived from the original on 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 . Archived from the original on August 10, 2018. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
  4. ↑ Joe Pug (March 19, 2021). "Episode 101 - Buck Meek of Big Thief". The Working Songwriter (Podcast). N/A. Event occurs at 25:38. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
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  8. ↑ 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.
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