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Triple Trilogy
of American Zen
3 albums + 3 books
PLUS 3 podcasts
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LEVEL 4 =
Kung Fu Cowboy PART 1
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"Peace Of Mind 2"
music video by Karahadian
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Kung Fu Cowboy
ORIGINAL DRAFT
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"Great Salt Lake"
music video by Karahadian
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Folk Rock Podcast
of Shaolin Records
Hosted by The Coyote
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American Zen artists record with Buddha Zhen
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The Coyote Poetry Podcast
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Sid's Place
novel by THCoyote
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American Zen
Buddhist Rock Podcast
Level 2 PODCAST SERIES
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Level 2 = Christ Killer
Psychedelic Folk Rock
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Utah - Phase 1
Poetry Book by Coyote
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American Zen Buddhist Rock Podcast
Level 1 PODCAST SERIES
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Level 1 = Peace Of Mind
Folk Rock Music Album
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Autumn Flavours
Poetry Book by Coyote
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Shaolin Records
First Vinyl Record Release 1984
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Coyote's Story of
Life in Utah = LEVEL 1
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Triple Trilogy of American Zen
3 Albums + 3 Books + 3 Podcasts

 

    For only $33.30 you get:
 The FIRST THREE albums by American Zen.
  
(Album 4 is being recorded now at Shaolin Records in Montrose, California.)

 
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The first level of American Zen Buddhism to Nirvana
Christ Killer Album cover FOLDOUT
LEVEL 3 album cover
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LEVEL 1 = Peace Of Mind
American Zen's FIRST LEVEL
starts with moving to Utah.
LEVEL 2 = Christ Killer
Recorded in Utah.
"Best Flute Player in Utah"
LEVEL 3 = I Want You
To Love Me
Coyote's Tujunga love.
 


PLUS you also receive in the same 359MB Download:
The first three BOOKS by The Hippy Coyote of American Zen.  

 
  Autumn Flavours poetry book cover Book cover of UTAH PHASE 1 Get your acid taste of the flower power years  
  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.
 


PLUS you also receive:
Three PODCASTS:
One Podcast from each of Coyote's 3 different series of podcasts:

 
American Zen Buddhist Rock Podcast WEB BLOG of The Coyote Poetry Podcast Best and brightest of today's Folk Rock Artists.  
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 this 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.
 
       
 

Triple Trilogy of American Zen

Download them all now in one 359MB compressed file.
for ONLY  $33.30
 (limited time offer discount)

Check out the American Zen T-Shirts at CafePress.com

 
         
America's First Buddhist Rock Band, American Zen

Shaolin Records
First Vinyl Record Release 1984

In 1983, Richard O'Connor lived out of his van for the entire year, saving enough money to release his first 12" Vinyl Album, Temptation, in 1984.

I had recently finished designing and building FUTURE DISC MASTERING LABS in Hollywood, California. From 1975 to 1985 I specialized in customized cabinetry and remodeling for recording studios in southern Caliornia. I built speaker cabinets, consoles, rack mounts...My engineer "lost" one of our 1/2" mix masters at Capitol Records, so we had to scramble and EQ another master of the song, "We're Not Working Out," at Future Disc.

During the 1980s and 1990s Shaolin Records mostly manufactured cassettes. We promoted and sold to college audiences. Our record distributor went out-of-business and we lost money and product. We still have a few of those first vinyl record pressings from 1984. I'm saving them for auctions now.

Cassingle by Coyote, ITS YOUR SHADOW

The cassingle, "It's Your Shadow," did well in College Radio.

The soundtrack, "Coyote In A Graveyard," was mixed and ready for Spielberg at Soundcastle Studios. Engineer Darrin Prindle did a great job final tracking and mixing this rock opera.

Then Coyote left for Utah.

The flyer from Coyote In A Graveyard ROCK OPERAS was transformed for Coyote's Utah purposes.

This first year became the inspiration for Coyote's first album, LEVEL 1 = PEACE OF MIND with 11 songs and 11 poems.

Coyote's Story of Life in Utah = LEVEL 1

Christ Killer album coverThe next year was worse but Coyote was older and wiser.

The flute playing has grown incredibly. Is Coyote the best flute player in the world?

"Ties suit -- the Christ killer..." from CHRIST KILLER by T. H. Coyote

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