Name: Bluegrass Buddha
Duration: P00H03M46S
Description: There are so many Bluegrass Gospel songs out there. I don't think I had ever heard a Buddhist song. I probably had the title and the "Siddhartha Gautama" line for a year before anything came of it. Finally, in May 2019, I put the lyrics to some chords that reminded me of "Time Fades Away" and recorded it June 3, August 16, and October 3, 2020 at Cappel Recording, Loveland, Ohio.

Bluegrass Buddha

by Sleepy Andy Tracy

supported by

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$1 USD or more
Full Digital Discography

12

releases

Get all 12 Sleepy Andy Tracy releases available on Bandcamp and save 35%.

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of New Song Sunday: June - August 2022, New Song Sunday: May 2022, New Song Sunday: April 2022, New Song Sunday: March 2022, New Song Sunday: February 2022, New Song Sunday: January 2022, Songs of the Smokies, Already Home, and 4 more. , and , .

Purchasable with gift card

$28.60 USD or more (35% OFF)

about

There are so many Bluegrass Gospel songs out there. I don't think I had ever heard a Buddhist song. I probably had the title and the "Siddhartha Gautama" line for a year before anything came of it. Finally, in May 2019, I put the lyrics to some chords that reminded me of "Time Fades Away" and recorded it June 3, August 16, and October 3, 2020 at Cappel Recording, Loveland, Ohio.

lyrics

Bluegrass Buddha
words and music by Andy Tracy
copyright 2020

Refrain:
I wanna be a Bluegrass Buddha before I'm dead
Wanna lay down the bottle and take up my head
Wanna be a Bluegrass Buddha before I'm dead
Wanna lay down the bottle and take up my head

Siddhartha Gautama was a wealthy man
Who once saw death and disease
He never had that kind of experience before
And so it put him ill at ease
He tried the high road He tried the low road
And then He found the Middle Way
Sitting underneath the Bodhi Tree
When they thought He'd passed away

Refrain

The whole system seems fine and good
But how does it apply to me?
If you forsake your family and all your troubles
Enlightenment can come so easily
I know that there is a lot that I don't know
It's like my feet are stuck inside the sand
Is there someone out there to show me the Way
Bodhisattva, take me by the hand!

Refrain

credits

released December 1, 2020
released December 1, 2020
Sleepy Andy Tracy: guitars, bass, drums, harmonica, vocals
Tommy Cappel: engineer for Cappel Recording

Produced by Sleepy Andy Tracy & Tommy Cappel

license

about

Sleepy Andy Tracy Cincinnati, Ohio

Sleepy Andy Tracy was born in Cincinnati.
He started playing drums in 3rd grade and started playing guitar in 12th, when he started writing songs.
After some time in middle Tennessee, he has been playing solo and in bands out of Cincinnati since 2004; including Eazy with brother, Jake.
Sleepy has released music as a member of Highly Likely: Sunrise (2020) and Blue Caboose: Modern Limited (2012) ... more

contact / help

Contact Sleepy Andy Tracy

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Sleepy Andy Tracy, you may also like:

Little Green
by Cara Beth Satalino

Cara Beth Satalino's delicately melodic yet resilient indie folk songs sparkle with lyrical wit and hard-won wisdom. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 10, 2024
go to album
Into the Depths of Hell
by Joshua Burnside

Joshua Burnside uses field recordings, drone, delay and spoken-word sample to modernize traditional Irish music. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 9, 2020
go to album
Moonth
by Merce Lemon

Pittsburgh artist Merce Lemon makes tender and open-hearted indie pop with echoes of Frankie Cosmos. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 3, 2020
go to album
Ride Every Day
by Merce Lemon

Sweet and honest bedroom pop made with the sparest of instrumentation and topped with poetically melancholy lyrics. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 6, 2020
go to album
Fuchsia Machu Picchu
by Joachim Cooder

The new LP from Joachim Cooder is loaded with crackling, bluesy songs, and features playing by his father, Ry Cooder. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 21, 2018
go to album
Old Factory
by Chris Bathgate

Raised in Iowa and Kentucky, Bathgate makes epic, indie-tinged folk tunes inspired by travels, and recalling the great and wild outdoors. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 5, 2016
go to album
Prologue: The Farmer's Daughter EP
by We Are Baker

Baker is a new project from childhood pals Mishal Moore & Richard Cortez with a lo-fi, bluesy n' soulful southern vibe. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 24, 2014
go to album