Buck Meek

(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay / Sweet Lorene - Single

Otis Redding ·1968

"I used to listen to Otis Redding a lot with my grandmother in the kitchen. She would put on 'Sittin' On The Dock of the Bay' and those tracks and we would dance together as she cooked a lot growing up."

Juarez

Terry Allen ·1975

"Terry Allen's Juarez is a country concept album essentially about these two couples who are kind of like outlaws crossing over the border back and forth from Texas to Mexico and getting into trouble. There's a lot of bloodshed and drama and love, and yeah, it's a really wild kind of concept album."

Lubbock (On Everything)

Terry Allen ·1979

"It's one of my favorite albums of all time. I think it's his first album, but it's a country concept album essentially about these two couples who are kind of like outlaws crossing over the border back and forth from Texas to Mexico and getting into trouble."

Essence

Lucinda Williams ·2001

"One of my favorite records of hers is Essence, song 'Lonely Girls.' I love how she uses repetition in her writing."

World's Gone Wrong

Lucinda Williams ·2026

"I also found her new record, World's Gone Wrong, which I was honored and lucky to be a part of. I wrote a song with her for this record called Low Life."

Loose

Victoria Williams ·1994

"This album is probably my favorite of hers."

Scrap and Love Songs Revisited

Porches ·2025

"When my band Big Thief was first starting, we were living in New York City and we were all obsessed with this band Porches. These songs are so raw and emotional and I really love his use of harmony."