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American Zen

Coyote finishes DRUM TRACKS for Kung Fu Cowboy

Coyote finished the drums, then finished his "3rd Degree."

Is he ready to finish this album?

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Coyote Radio .NET is our short way of saying, "The American Zen Buddhist Rock Podcast of Shaolin Records."

LEVEL 3 =
I WANT YOU TO LOVE ME

Released September 11, 2008.

We scheduled the Release Party for September 21, but then we got so excited and couldn't wait any longer...

Song like The Beatles, songs like Led Zepellin, songs like Jethro Tull...

The "BASS POETRY" is a new and innovative style of poetry with Coyote playing his Rickenbacker bass behind his recited poetry. Poetry never sounded so good.

LEVEL 2 =
CHRIST KILLER

America's best flutist, The happy hippie Hippy Coyote,
leads American Zen through the Utah fields of Mormon.

America's First Buddhist Rock Band was originally called, "The Rich" from 1978 to 1985.

LEVEL 1 =
PEACE OF MIND

The first album, LEVEL 1 = PEACE OF MIND, begins their Zen Buddhist journey to nirvana.
Led by THE HIPPY COYOTE, American Zen started when the band moved from San Diego to Venice, California.

Boarding up all the windows, putting security grates over the windows, and hiring a couple of Doberman Pincers to keep out the Barrio gangmembers and burglars... The band rehearsed every night with a crowd of Mexican neighbors hanging out outside to enjoy their power-rock music.

Originally, a 3-piece power pop trio called, THE RICH, the band lived together for 3 years, honing their skills and performing the local night clubs of Los Angeles and Hollywood.

Bandmembers hired themselves out to other local bands and recording studios for extra cash. Bandmembers recorded and performed with many groups including, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Eagles, The Chicago Transit Authority "Chicago," Dianna Ross, Supertramp, Fleetwood Mac, Frank Zappa, and Badfinger.

Then as the band was preparing a soundtrack for New World Pictures, called COYOTE IN A GRAVEYARD, our band leader hippie runs off to Utah with a Mormon girl who was visiting one of Coyote's neighbors.

It took us a little while to get him back to California and now we've released American Zen's second album, LEVEL 2 = CHRIST KILLER, which contains 15 songs plus 7 recited poems by The Coyote.

Predumped Coyote drawn by Damien Hunter before Coyote's romantic Utah blunder.

Coyote and drummer Steve lived in a Porno Studio Home for a year in North Hollywood.

It was really cool, pants Coyote. "It had all these Roman and Greek columns and statues around the swimming pool when we moved in. It looked like a porno movie outdoor set. Even though there is a big high brick wall in the backyard, they planted a really thick hedge of really tall bamboo so that neighbors couldn't see over the fence. "

Relaxing in Tujunga.

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