Meek learned his first guitar chords from his mother around the age of six and played jazz manouche and outlaw country as a teen. He graduated from the Berklee College of Music in the late 2000s, finishing just as soon-to-be-collaborator Adrianne Lenker enrolled.
Having relocated to Brooklyn from Boston, Meek ran into a newly arriving Lenker a few years later. They released two EPs as a duo in 2014 -- A-Sides and B-Sides -- before forming Big Thief with bass player Max Oleartchik and drummer James Krivchenia. Meek issued his debut studio EP, Heart Was Beat, in 2015. Among its collaborators were Lenker, Oleartchik, and Mat Davidson, aka Twain.
Meek released his first solo album, Buck Meek, on Austin-based Keeled Scales that May. He later toured his solo material with Twain and opened over dozen shows for solo Jeff Tweedy in 2019.
Forced off the road by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Meek recorded his second solo long-player, Two Saviors, with Davidson, Adam Brisbin (guitar), and Austin Vaughn (drums) as his backing band (both had contributed to his debut album, as had engineers Phil Weinrobe and Sarlo). The album was released in 2021.
Misty
Buck Meek Lyrics
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She didn't stick around in one town for too long, cause too long is too long
She said I'll be gone by morning,
Don't come looking after me
Got to get back to that place I've never been, never been before
T-bone city, up the 215
She traded in her daddy's old packard super 8 sedan for a vincent black shadow machine
Foaming at their mouths in a dust cloud headed south on down the devil's backbone, down his crooked legs, "fly away old glory" ringing in her head
I'll be gone by morning, don't come looking after me
Got to get back to that place I've never been, never been before
The big magnolia down by buellers pond, in a hand me down sun dress and roper boots, I could go on and on
With my bolt action .22, i'd knock the blossoms down, misty catch them in her skirt before they hit the ground
I'll be gone by morning, don't come looking after me
Got to get back to that place i've never been, never been befor
The song "Misty" by Buck Meek is a narrative that speaks of a woman named Miss Misty who is constantly on the move. A "stone-skinned" lady, Miss Misty is not one to settle down in one place for too long. She tells the singer, "I'll be gone by morning, don't come looking after me. Got to get back to that place I've never been, never been before." The song speaks of her traveling to T-bone city, which is located up the 215, where she trades in her father's old Packard Super 8 sedan for a Vincent Black Shadow machine. With her new machine, Miss Misty takes to the road, heading south down the devil's backbone. The chorus repeats the same line as before.
The second verse tells of the singer's memories of spending time with Miss Misty under the big magnolia tree down by Bueller's Pond. She would wear a hand-me-down sun dress and roper boots. The singer would shoot the magnolia blossoms down with his bolt-action .22, and Miss Misty would catch them in her skirt before they hit the ground. The song ends by repeating the chorus, and we are left with the sense that Miss Misty will continue to move forward, never staying in one place for too long.
Line by Line Meaning
Miss misty was a stoned skinned gal
Misty was a woman with tanned skin, probably due to her habit of being stoned.
She didn't stick around in one town for too long, cause too long is too long
Misty did not stay in one place for long periods because she believed staying too long was not worth it.
She said I'll be gone by morning,
Don't come looking after me
Got to get back to that place I've never been, never been before
Misty told people that she would be gone before they woke up and they should not come after her; she was going to a place she had never been before.
T-bone city, up the 215
She traded in her daddy's old packard super 8 sedan for a vincent black shadow machine
She opened him up, some fifty horses hot
Foaming at their mouths in a dust cloud headed south on down the devil's backbone, down his crooked legs, "fly away old glory" ringing in her head
Misty went to T-bone city and traded her father's old car for a Vincent black shadow machine; she then drove the machine fast down the crooked, unsafe road called Devil's Backbone, where she heard the patriotic song 'Fly Away Old Glory.'
The big magnolia down by buellers pond, in a hand me down sun dress and roper boots, I could go on and on
With my bolt action .22, i'd knock the blossoms down, misty catch them in her skirt before they hit the ground
Misty would shoot the blossoms off the big magnolia tree by Bueller's pond while wearing a sun dress and roper boots. She would catch the falling blossoms in her skirt.
I'll be gone by morning, don't come looking after me
Got to get back to that place i've never been, never been before
Once again, Misty told people that she will be gone before the morning, and they should not follow her. She has to go back to the place she has never seen before.
Contributed by Bella O. Suggest a correction in the comments below.