The Hippy Coyote

History of American Zen as Told by The Hippy Coyote

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American Zen was created in 1991 when The Hippy Coyote became stranded in Utah with his daughter. Acting in the roles of all four musicians, he thought it was temporary and his bandmates would eventually return. The Coyote lived the lives of all four American Zen musicians through the eight level spiritual journey of Shaolin Zen Buddhism including his Vision Quest with the Lakota Sioux on the Pineridge Reservation and battling with the Mormons of Utah. This 8-LEVEL spiritual journey of American Zen ended with the Memorial Day Album with stories of WWII, Vietnam and the Middle East War.

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011-History Of American Zen: “I’m Certain I’m Not Sure” by Richard Del Connor 24.02.2025 13:50

I love this song. I love jamming flute to this song. Somehow, I never recorded the flute part. So I used this song as a 'TEMPO TRACK' for Chinatown performances. I would play flute as this song played through the PA system. This is a nasty sexy fun song. I'll explain later. "Love Is Power" I wrote this song “But I Got” while singing to a bunch of kids at a birthday party. ...

010-History Of American Zen: "But I Got" by Richard Del Connor 17.02.2025 6:16

I wrote this song “But I Got” while singing to a bunch of kids at a birthday party. I ran home across the dirt lot and finished the lyrics and chords to this song. Then I ran back and performed some more for the kids. “Love Is Power.” American Zen OFFICIAL WEBSITE LEVEL 4 ⁠https://www.americanzen.org/LEVEL_4/index.html⁠ Richard Del Connor RECORD PRODUCER website: ⁠https://RichardDelConn...

009-History Of American Zen: "3rd Degree Master Mason" by Richard Del Connor 02.02.2025 8:20

I was a Freemason for 8 years. Actually, I am a Freemason. I am a rogue mason. Every Freemason is assigned a "Lodge" to register and participate in meetings and ceremonies. When you move to a new city, you register at a local lodge. Some cities have many to choose from. If you move to another state you must have proper papers and recommendation from the previous state's 'GR...

008-History of American Zen: Flower Power, Acid, “God Will Protect” 1966-1969 05.05.2021 29:37

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 t...

007-History Of American Zen: LEVEL 1 = Peace Of Mind - The Customized Fender Stratocaster of Rory G and UTAH PHASE 1 book 25.04.2021 46:36

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 h...

006-History Of American Zen: LEVEL 1 = Peace Of Mind 10.03.2021 20:19

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 y...

005-History of American Zen: LEVEL 1 = Peace Of Mind 01.03.2021 5:22

"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...

004-History Of American Zen: LEVEL 1 = Peace Of Mind 18.02.2021 6:07

"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 O...

003-History Of American Zen: LEVEL 1 = Peace Of Mind 15.08.2019 14:20

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.

002-History Of American Zen: LEVEL 1 = Peace Of Mind 21.07.2019 31:55

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-trac...

001-History Of American Zen: LEVEL 1 = Peace Of Mind 12.07.2019 28:04

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 M...