What's In My Bag? [The Podcast]
Buck Meek
Mar 30, 2026
Season 19
Episode 939
Amoeba Music
Buck Meek, the singer, songwriter & Big Thief guitarist, goes record shopping at Amoeba Hollywood in this "What's In My Bag?" episode. He talks about Steve Cropper's quintessential guitar sound, how Lucinda Williams uses repetition in her songwriting, and Milford Graves' study of the human heart impact on a drummer's rhythmic signature. Buck Meek's fourth solo album, The Mirror, is available now via 4AD.
Buck Meek's picks:
• Booker T. & The M.G.'s - In The Christmas Spirit (LP)
• Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay b/w Sweet Lorene (7")
• Terry Allen - Juarez (LP)
• Terry Allen - Lubbock (On Everything) (CD)
• George Stevens - Shane (BLU-RAY)
• Lucinda Williams - Essence (CD)
• Lucinda Williams - World's Gone Wrong (CD)
• Victoria Williams - Loose (CD)
• Porches - Scrap And Love Songs Revisited (12")
• Milford Graves - Babi (LP)
Featured Artist: Buck Meek
Editor: Charlie McTavish Smith
Executive Producer: Rachael McGovern
Producer/Director: Craig Miller
Assistant Director: Derich Heath
Cameras: Derich Heath
Audio Recorded by: Patrick Emswiler
Assistant Editor: Patrick Emswiler
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