History of American Zen

OPENING SONG: “Peace Of Mind #2” from LEVEL 1 = Peace Of Mind by American Zen. CLOSING SONG: “God Will Protect” from LEVEL 2 = Christ Killer album produced by Richard Del Connor and released on Shaolin Records independent record label founded in 1984. The Hippy Coyote (Richard Del Connor) tells about his last year at UCLA when he worked for the UCLA Extension Department and was also hired out to the Director’s Guild where he was paid by the hour to inspect their brand new Blue-Ray movie disks before they were put in to the DGA Archive. “I was a psychedelic hero back in those days…” Coyote recollects about his acid popping days in the 1960s. He gets carried away revealing his counter-culture flower power lifestyle from 1966 to 1969. His psychedelic friends were also the musicians he was performing with…. https://www.PsychedelicRockOpera.com Coyote talks about sleeping in the canyons or between school buildings on their weekend acid trips… These are stories he never told his kids. Coyote talks about dodging the police after curfew… Utah Phase 1 is only available as a PDF download from Shaolin Records: https://www.shaolinrecords.com/RecordStore-R/utahphase1-R.html The 8-LEVEL Buddhist journey of “America’s First Buddhist Rock Band™” AMERICAN ZEN: LEVEL 1 is starting a family in Utah. LEVEL 2 is battling the Mormons in Utah. LEVEL 3 is being accepted and loved by everyone… including the Mormons. LEVEL 4 is the THE Kung Fu Cowboy being a Freemason for 7 years. LEVEL 5 is becoming a Pipe Carrier “Medicine Man” of the Lakota Sioux. LEVEL 6 is my “hanblechia” vision quest at the Pineridge Reservation in South Dakota. LEVEL 7 is being a traveling stagehand and “Philosopher Poet” performing poetry and flute. LEVEL 8 is about soldiers telling their war stories. It’s been an amazing adventure unlike any life story you’ve ever heard or known. Impossible for anyone to duplicate, but hopefully inspiring and enlightening. It was for me. The song, “Simple Lady” is produced by Richard Del Connor. LEVEL 1 = Peace Of Mind album is available directly from Shaolin Records at https://www.shaolinrecords.com/RecordStore-R/americanZenLevel1-R.html - LEVEL 2 = Christ Killer album produced by Richard Del Connor for Shaolin Records: https://www.shaolinrecords.com/RecordStore-R/americanZenLevel2-R.html - American Zen Official website: https://www.AmericanZen.org - Produced by Richard Del Connor for Shaolin Records. https://www.ShaolinRecords.com - Copyright 1984-2021 Shaolin Communications https://www.ShaolinCOM.com - Music used by permission of Shaolin Records and licensed by Shaolin Music. ASCAP https://www.ShaolinMusic.com

OPENING SONG: “Peace Of Mind" #2 from LEVEL 1 = Peace Of Mind by American Zen. CLOSING SONG: “Black Of Night” from LEVEL 1 = Peace Of Mind produced by Richard Del Connor and released on Shaolin Records independent record label founded in 1984. Richard Del Connor explains the American Zen musicians from 1991 to 2014. Richard focuses on Rory G of American Zen. He explains the guitars he played and how they were customized. The history and origins of The Hippy Coyote as a photographer in the 1980s. “Rocktography by The Coyote” were the ads he ran in Hollywood newspapers. The Hippy Coyote reads his book, UTAH - PHASE 1 which contains the poetry not included on the American Zen albums, LEVEL 1 = Peace of Mind and LEVEL 2 = Christ Killer. He starts by explaining the cover picture drawn by artist Damien Hunter. The motorcycle chopper in the photo was designed by Coyote and Damien in 1989 with Michelle riding on the back. “Save The Coyote” is on the billboard in the artwork. “Please don’t read this book if your a Mormon,” he reads on the COPYRIGHT PAGE of the Utah - Phase 1 book. Utah Phase 1 is only available as a PDF download from Shaolin Records: https://www.shaolinrecords.com/RecordStore-R/utahphase1-R.html The 8-LEVEL Buddhist journey of “America’s First Buddhist Rock Band™” AMERICAN ZEN: LEVEL 1 is starting a family in Utah. LEVEL 2 is battling the Mormons in Utah. LEVEL 3 is being accepted and loved by everyone… including the Mormons. LEVEL 4 is the THE Kung Fu Cowboy being a Freemason for 7 years. LEVEL 5 is becoming a Pipe Carrier “Medicine Man” of the Lakota Sioux. LEVEL 6 is my “hanblechia” vision quest at the Pineridge Reservation in South Dakota. LEVEL 7 is being a traveling stagehand and “Philosopher Poet” performing poetry and flute. LEVEL 8 is about soldiers telling their war stories. It’s been an amazing adventure unlike any life story you’ve ever heard or known. Impossible for anyone to duplicate, but hopefully inspiring and enlightening. It was for me. The song, “Simple Lady” is produced by Richard Del Connor. LEVEL 1 = Peace Of Mind album is available directly from Shaolin Records at https://www.shaolinrecords.com/RecordStore-R/americanZenLevel1-R.html American Zen Official website: https://www.AmericanZen.org Produced by Richard Del Connor for Shaolin Records. https://www.ShaolinRecords.com Copyright 1984-2021 Shaolin Communications https://www.ShaolinCOM.com Music used by permission of Shaolin Records and licensed by Shaolin Music. ASCAP https://www.ShaolinMusic.com

The Hippy Coyote returns. I’ve been here, just locked in the closet. I’m going to tell the story of the 8-LEVEL Buddhist journey of “America’s First Buddhist Rock Band™” AMERICAN ZEN. LEVEL 1 is starting a family in Utah. LEVEL 2 is battling the Mormons in Utah. LEVEL 3 is being accepted and loved by everyone… including the Mormons. LEVEL 4 is the THE Kung Fu Cowboy while being a Freemason for 7 years. LEVEL 5 is becoming a Pipe Carrier “Medicine Man” of the Lakota Sioux. LEVEL 6 is my “hanblechia” vision quest at the Pineridge Reservation in South Dakota. LEVEL 7 is being a traveling stagehand and “Philosopher Poet” performing poetry and flute. LEVEL 8 is about soldiers telling their war stories. It’s been an amazing adventure unlike any life story you’ve ever heard or known. Impossible for anyone to duplicate, but hopefully inspiring and enlightening. It was for me. The song, “Simple Lady” is produced by Richard Del Connor. LEVEL 1 = Peace Of Mind album is available directly from Shaolin Records at https://www.shaolinrecords.com/RecordStore-R/americanZenLevel1-R.html American Zen Official website: https://www.AmericanZen.org Produced by Richard Del Connor for Shaolin Records. https://www.ShaolinRecords.com Copyright 1984-2021 Shaolin Communications https://www.ShaolinCOM.com Music used by permission of Shaolin Records and licensed by Shaolin Music. ASCAP https://www.ShaolinMusic.com Richard Del Connor Official website: https://www.RichardDelConnor.com

"Peace Of Mind #1" was the first song on the first album by American Zen. I wrote this song under sad conditions when everything went wrong after moving to Salt Lake City, Utah. This "Peace Of Mind #1" song was so sad I pulled it off the first American Zen album and wrote the song "Peace Of Mind #2" to replace it. Wise decision. But I performed the song and people liked it, so I put it on the second American Zen album, LEVEL 2 = Christ Killer. I also included the original "Host Intro" for this podcast because it was kinda cute... cool... I thought you should know...

"Kill The Spider" is from the 4th album by American Zen: LEVEL 4 = Kung Fu Cowboy Part 1: King Solomon's Temple. This rock opera song is about the murder of Hiram Abif, the architect of the original Solomon's Temple. Get the album by American Zen: LEVEL 4 = Kung Fu Cowboy Part 1: King Solomon's Temple at ShaolinRecords.com The official American Zen website is at www.AmericanZen.org Only the first four albums were detailed on the website before my computer blew up and I became a homeless Freemason 2012. Start traveling the American Zen website by starting at all the songs, stories, poetry, and lyrics in the LEVEL 1 section first. Get the American Zen album at ShaolinRecords.com. LEVEL 4 = Kung Fu Cowboy Part 1: King Solomon's Temple.

The happy hippie The Hippy Coyote of American Zen begins the spiritual journey. The Professor begins a website tour of the American Zen website at www.americanzen.org. Richard Del Connor gives a brief introduction to recording with microphones in the 1990s in Utah. The end of song is an instrumental from the American Zen album, Christ Killer. 5th South was written by The Hippy Coyote.

Eugene VP of Marketing is working on improving his podcast hosting. Eugene elaborates more on The Hippie Coyote learning guitar from Bob Coates. The book by Coyote, Utah - Phase 1, may be a source for more material in this podcast. The book Utah - Phase 1 was written during the recording and making of the LEVEL 1 and LEVEL 2 albums in Utah. Richard Del CONNOR joins the podcast to talk about 4-track analog recording using the Tascam 4-track recorder. He also talks about degaussing and demagnetizing recording heads, which was the first part of every day in a recording studio. The Hippie Coyote joins the show to jam along to one of his songs “5th South” from the LEVEL 2 = Christ Killer album by American Zen. He’s not happy with his performance and vows to do better in the next podcast.

Eugene is the VP of marketing at Shaolin Records who is learning how to be a broadcaster for the podcast. The Hippy Coyote tells about his guitar lessons from his band mate of The Rich, Vincent Lauria. Mostly he wanted to talk about Bob Coates and his Super Beatle amplifier. This episode contains some flubs as Eugene stumbles through some product ads of Shaolin Records. The music video “Peace Of Mind #2” is featured. A link to the Spotify song, “Black Of Night” from American Zen’s first album, LEVEL 1= Peace Of Mind, is included. www.AmericanZen.org is discussed.