Coyote's "chopper" was a 1969 Triumph Trophy with extended forks and custom built handlebars, flames on the gas tank... 
Supersoul 13 
Human Values
Rainbow in the Shade 
History of Zen
Connor Black Hole Bubble Theory 
It's A Woman's World
Tai Chi Beginner -
Shaolin Kung Fu Beginner -
Shaolin Kung Fu Initiate - 
Kung Fu Cowboy PART 1
LEVEL 7 = Delightful Challenge
Since the Zen Dudes can only put out one album per year, and this album is five albums away -- who knows where Coyote will be living.
LEVEL 7 = To be released 20??
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| Autumn Flavours First book of poetry book series: SEASON OF FOURS Dark, curious, vicarious. |
Utah Phase 1 Poetry book of Utah Poetry and lyrics from LEVEL 1 and LEVEL 2 from Coyote's personal notebook. |
Sid's Place Coyote's first and only novel about a drug runner in 1969 California. |
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| American Zen Buddhist Rock Podcast at Coyote Radio .NET Coyote leads website tours of American Zen stories and adventures. This series includes the "actZEN.com evolution" of The Coyote to The Hippy Coyote, Richard O'Connor back to Richard Del Connor, and Master Zhen to Buddha Zhen. As a "guinea pig" of the actZEN.com Buddhist self-help website, Coyote proved that actZEN.com is a life changing website. |
The Coyote Poetry Podcast "Poem And A Song" Coyote reads one poem and plays one song. Sometimes they are from albums, and sometimes freshly written... |
Folk Rock Podcast of Shaolin Records The Hippy Coyote of American Zen HOSTS this radio show featuring the "Best and Brightest of today's Folk Rock Artists from around the world."™ Includes several podcasts of American Zen including this podcast with recordings from Coyote's 1974 band, LOTUS. |
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Triple Trilogy of American ZenDownload them all now
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Album #7
by American Zen
Update: May 5, 2007
by Richard Connor
Record Producer - Owner of Shaolin Records
American Zen began their Buddhist journey on LEVEL 1 where they fought and worked for "Peace Of Mind." Contentment is a luxury for most people. The battles around us and the battles within us make it difficult to smile or be happy whenever we want to -- that should be ALL DAY LONG - BE HAPPY = Peace Of Mind. Coyote sought his "peace of mind" in a difficult environment, stranded, without family, alone without friends (they didn't want people to know we were friends -- wow - I was like a leper in Christian paradise!) - which all served to temper Coyote's spiritual resolve. He may not have found much 'peace of mind' but at least he was looking for it.
Coyote spent the next year in Utah also. The Mormons, the Church of the Latter Day Saints, were not supportive of a long-haired California Buddhist Flute Player Photographer Poet. Nasty letters, petitions, and knives in his front door made it abundantly clear that the Mormons wanted Coyote back in California as much as Coyote wanted to be back in California.
This spiritual financial territorial war spawned Coyote's second album, LEVEL 2 = Christ Killer.
However, listen to the music. Listen to the lyrics. Listen to the Christ Killer album from beginning to end. If you take a break start back at the song you left off... This album is a story. The songs were written in the order they are on the album. The poetry connects many of the songs together like the poem, "I Can't Live If I Can't Die," into the album title song, "Christ Killer."
Coyote recorded this album in Utah on his 4-track Tascam cassette tape recorder. It came out excellent. Our first album, LEVEL 1 = Peace Of Mind, was recorded on this same machine. However, Coyote feared for his life if he tried to release this album while he still lived in Utah. Even his Salt Lake City bandmates were told to quit his "shameful rock band" by their Mormon Bishops.
"I was famous, when I couldn't afford to be," gasps Coyote. "I was living in this apartment complex of drunk indians, and Central American catfights, drug deals, DEA busts, and illegal immigrants being chased by the INS out of their wall-to-wall mattress homes of at least 3 people per bedroom."
Yeah. Sorry Coyote. His dad was too poor to help him escape Christian captivity, and his Mom was tired of him begging for money, so she "disowned" him and took his name out of her will.
Coyote went from nightclub star, photographer for newspapers and working the occassional movie or commercial as a Gaffer or Cinematographer to diaper changer/dishwasher Mr. Mom. (He was the Gaffer for some of the MTV shows recorded in Los Angeles back then.) Coyote was a hippie with money.
Allthough I founded Shaolin Records in 1984, I couldn't sell enough Kung Fu cassettes to rescue our spiritual hero until a few years ago. We got him back to Los Angeles, set him up in a house with an iMac Blueberry...and now we've finished LEVEL 2 = Christ Killer.
So, they are on LEVEL 2 right now, already recording songs for their next album, LEVEL 3 = I Want You To Love Me.
COMPLETED LEVELS :
Coyote Performs David Letterman
That's what I want to write: "Coyote performs David Letterman." That's when I'll know that Coyote has 'made it.'
Coyote Medicinal Podcasting
Coyote will of course be creating podcasts for FREE DOWNLOADING of this album.
With Coyote on the brink of Buddhahood, this should be inspiring.
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