Apr 12, 2021
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First Podcast of First Album by America's First Buddhist
Rock Band
PODCAST #1 of 20 podcasts for CD:
Level 1 = Peace Of Mind by American Zen. The
Coyote, of American Zen, hosts and leads a website podcast tour
through the lyrics, poetry and webstories: http://www.americanZEN.org
Join "America's First Buddhist Rock Band" on their ROCK
OPERA spiritual journey of 8 Levels up the Zen Buddhist ladder of
enlightenment. This Southern California FOLK ROCK group
includes
The Coyote: Flute, Vocal, Acoustic
Guitar, Composer
Rory G: Electric Guitar, Slide Guitar,
Ukulele
Tom Calder: Bass, Vox Organ
Steve Hixon: Drums
Produced by Richard O'Connor for Shaolin
Records.
Recording engineer: Don
DelaVega
Complete podcast series: http://www.CoyoteRadio.TV
The FIRST song of this FIRST podcast of America’s FIRST
Buddhist Rock Band starts with the song, “Peace Of Mind
#2,” which is the FIRST song on American Zen’s FIRST
album, LEVEL 1 = Peace of Mind, from Shaolin
Records, produced by Richard Del Connor (known as “Richard O’Connor
from 1980 to 2007).
All the songs on LEVEL 1 = Peace Of Mind
were written by The Hippy Coyote in the order of the album songs
EXCEPT this first song, “Peace Of Mind
#2,” which was written after the album was completed
and all the songs were recorded. Coyote thought the actual
first song of American Zen, “Peace Of
Mind,” was too sad to start their spiritual odyssey
and wrote this “Peace Of Mind #2” about a
recent trip back to his birthplace in Ocean Beach, California, to
visit his parents and brothers.
The remainder of the songs were written about Coyote’s
relocation to Salt Lake City, Utah, where he was not embraced by
the Christian Mormons. The Mormons stuck knives in his door
with threatening notes, “Go back to California.”
They forced employers to fire his wife from her jobs. They
petitioned the YWCA to also fire Coyote who was teaching Tai Chi
Chuan and Shaolin Kung Fu classes from his newly formed Shaolin Chi
Mantis Traditional Buddhist Kung Fu school. When the director
of the YWCA showed Coyote the letter, she was fired
also.
CLICK the spinning blue/white YIN/YANG on the bottom right
of the HOMEPAGE to begin your adventure.
WARNING: If YOU are Mormon DO NOT
visit our website or listen to this podcast!
ADDITIONAL NOTE to Mormons: During
the next LEVEL 2 = Christ Killer album the Utah
Mormons are given edicts from their Politburo to “Stop harassing
Richard Connor…”. For the next six years the Mormons ignored me and
stopped harassing my wife. They still didn’t let my daughter
play with their children and my high profile Mormon students
couldn’t be in any of the photoshoots or newspaper
interviews…
If you’re Catholic you may want to leave also.
Presbyterians, Lutherans, and Methodists may also feel the squeeze
of God’s hand on your neck if you listen to this podcast… It’s
okay… even my supposedly-Christian relatives are scared of my books
and albums. I understand.
If you’re Jewish you will be amused and understand why
Christians are so confused when you hear and read these stories of
American Zen.
During this episode #1 Coyote leads the podcast audience
on a journey of the LEVEL 1 section of the americanZEN.org
website. From the homepage, click “ENTER LEVEL 1” to begin
your journey beyond superstition.
Each LEVEL of the americanZEN.org website was
constructed along with the release of that album created by the
band, American Zen. Each LEVEL of the website contains
poetry, lyrics from the album, and ‘webstories’ about the American
Zen band members as they get smarter and shed the superstitions
they were raised with.
During the writing, rehearsing and recording of the
LEVEL 1 = Peace Of Mind album, Coyote was
supported and aided by the Chinese community of Utah. During
WWII the American government couldn’t tell the difference between
Chinese people and Japanese people so the government arrested
thousands of Chinese families and put them in concentration camps
with the Japanese here in Utah. After WWII the Chinese had
lost their homes, lost their businesses, lost their jobs and
created a Chinese Society in Salt Lake City to start from scratch
like the “Shanghaied” Chinese kidnapped to work the railroads… some
of those kidnapped Chinese also ended up in Utah because the
railroad ended here.
The Hippy Coyote is also Richard Del Connor who was known
as Shifu Richard O’Connor when he lived in Utah. Although
there were two other Kung Fu schools in the entire state of Utah,
Richard became famous for his work teaching inmates in prisons,
rehabilitation centers and public schools. More uniquely,
Richard taught Chinese Zen Buddhism so the Utah Chinese Cultural
Association embraced Richard and supported his family during those
first years in Utah. “Many thanks to Chinese
Newspaper!”
Coyote explains how the first album was recorded in his
Utah apartment when the neighbors were gone to work and how the two
story hallway leading to his front door was a great place to record
his guitar through his Marshall amplifier in the middle of the
stairwell.
The Hippy Coyote - AUTHOR at Amazon.com
https://www.amazon.com/The-Hippy-Coyote/e/B008BYAACU
Utah Phase 1 poetry book by The Hippy
Coyote
https://www.shaolinrecords.com/RecordStore-R/utahphase1-R.html
Autumn Flavours poetry book by Richard
Del Connor, The Hippy Coyote
https://www.shaolinrecords.com/RecordStore-R/autumnflavours-R.html
Richard Del Connor - Record Producer website
https://www.RichardDelConnor.com
The song “Peace Of Mind #2” is
from the album
LEVEL 1 = Peace Of Mind by American Zen
https://www.shaolincom.com/American_Zen/Level-1-S.html
The song “Black Of Night” is
from the album
LEVEL 1 = Peace Of Mind by American Zen
https://www.shaolincom.com/American_Zen/Level-1-S.html
American Zen Official website:
https://www.AmericanZen.org
American Zen FACEBOOK page:
https://www.Facebook.com/americanzenband
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
*Note: Coyote mentions a website that no longer
exists: “CoyotePodcast.com”. (Sorry.)