BAND:   The Rich
ALBUM: Live in Venice

The Rich power pop punk rock band, was formed in San Diego before the band members moved into a Venice Beach house on Broadway Avenue, September 1978. In 1978 The Rich won the San Diego KPRI Radio Battle of the Bands contest with the song, "The Pauper." Original Venice Beach band members of The Rich were:
     Richard Del Connor - songs, lead vocals, bass
     Dann Linck - electric guitar, backing vocals
     Fred Paul - drums, lead vocals.
The 1979 album, Live in Venice, consisted of:
     Richard Del Connor - songs, lead vocals, bass
     Bill Stewart - drums
     Vinnie Lauria - electric guitar.
The 1986 album, Live at the Batcave, consisted of:
     Richard O'Connor - songs, lead vocals, electric guitar (Richard changed last name to "O'Connor" until 2007.)
     Bruce Candelaria - drums
     Sam Persons - bass
The 1989 album, Live at Madame Wongs, consisted of:
     Richard O'Connor - songs, electric guitar, lead vocals
     Marshall Woodson - drums
     Dan Linck - bass
Additional musicians for some performances and recording sessions included:
    Richard Augustine - drums
    John "Jack" Sherman "Dogtar" - guitar
    Mitch Thompson - trombone, electric piano, hammond organ
    Paul Atanasoff - guitar
    Pat Flannery - guitar, backing vocals
    John Merritt - drums
    Scott Hitchings - keyboards, vibraphone
    Manny delaVega - percussion
    Jason Scheff - bass

*NOTE: Some musicians have been forgotten. Sorry.
Please contact me so I can add your name.
The blonde drummer in 1982, the guitarist from Newfoundland, and others... Call me and say, "Hi."

 

One-Sheet EPK:  Live in Venice by The Rich

Album Title: End of the Line
Artist: American Zen
Author/Composer/Lyricist: Richard Del Connor, The Hippy Coyote
Project Format:   320kb mp3 song downloads individually, or as album
Download Price:   $9.99 album, 0.99 song
Record Producer:  Richard Del Connor
Record Label:   Shaolin Records
Project Number:  AmZen-L4-P1-2013=EndOfLine
Product Number: SFR1401
UPC Bar Code: 888174854120
Contents: 11 songs for 12 tracks ("End of the Line" = two different mixes.)
Project Special Note: This is first American Zen album that does not include spoken word poetry.
Release Date: July 4, 2014
Pre-Release: 6/9/2014 (5th anniversary of "Masonic Kung Fu" discovery.)
Pre-Release Single: "Scorpion Resurrection"

  Check out the 2014 American Zen MEDIA KIT about the End of the Line album

HEADLINES:

Homeless Producer Produces Album About Homeless Life
Dance Songs of the Homeless
     "Scorpion Resurrection" of The Hippy Coyote

SUBHEADS:

Musical Autobiography of the Kung Fu Cowboy
Recorded in Coyote's truck, (where he's been living past couple years).

SONGLIST:

1. Use Me
2. High School Graduation Reunion
3. Scorpion Resurrection
4. Secret Asian Girl
5. Rock Me Hard

SONG ISRC NUMBERS:

1. Use Me ushm21460188
2. High School Graduation Reunion ushm21460189
3. Scorpion Resurrection ushm21460190
4. Secret Asian Girl ushm21460191

PROPER COPYRIGHT NOTICE:
COPYRIGHT 2014 Shaolin Music. All rIghts reserved. ASCAP

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

SHORT: 42 words
American Zen records the most "danceable rock songs" ever. With two guitarists, bass and drums, The Hippy Coyote returns to his old school heroes of The Beatles, Blue Cheer, The Rolling Stones and Jimi Hendrix to create a new classic rock album.

SUPERSHORT: 25 words
11 rock song story of Coyote's "nomadic" journey since Christmas 2011 when he left his kids to start Shaolin Kung Fu school in Las Vegas.

ALBUM NOTES:

Not written yet. We realeased the album digitally with a cover, but no liner notes or CD tray yet.

PRODUCER: Richard Del Connor
ENGINEER: Don DelaVega

RECORDING STUDIOS:
     Shaolin Records Studio:
          Tacoma Studios
               Zoom NH-4n
                    16bit 44.1KHz

TRACKING DATES:
     Album Composed: 5/24/2012 to September 2013.
     Rhythm Guitar Track through Pandora Stomp: February 2013
     Rough Vocal Track: February 2013
     Bass: February 2013
     Lead Guitar with Marshall amplifier: February 2013 at Scott's apartment in Van Nuys
     Final Vocals in Scott's apartment February 2013.

MIXING DATES: Only a little bit of mixing in March and April with a touch of mastering in May.

CREDITS: American Zen
     The Hippy Coyote: vocals, flute, electric guitar
     Rory G: electric guitar
     Tom Calder: bass
     Steve Hixon: drum sticks

THE HIPPY COYOTE:

The Hippy Coyote was born Richard Del Connor in San Diego, California. He began fronting rock bands as singer-guitarist in 1967. Coyote fronted bands on bass, and flute before creating American Zen band in 1992 in which he pretends to be all four band members, performing all the instruments and vocals. Kung Fu Cowboy Rock & Roll Movie 1 has been written about Coyote's Shaolin Kung Fu lifestyle.

Kung Fu Cowboy album cover photo of End of the Line album by American Zen was shot on the last day of the album overdubs at Scott's house. Coyote laid down his final guitar tracks with his Fender Stratocaster and Marshall Amp shortly after taking these train track photos in Van Nuys, California.

Music Videos:

Kung Fu Cowboy - Use Me (Live)
          American Zen channel

Performed solo by The Hippy Coyote as Kung Fu Cowboy. "Use Me" is the first song of the American Zen album, End of the Line.

Kung Fu Cowboy - Scorpion Resurrection (Live)
          American Zen channel

Performed solo by The Hippy Coyote as Kung Fu Cowboy. "Scorpion Resurrection" was written four months after Coyote was stung in the neck by a scorpion while working as a stagehand for a Brad Paisley concert.

Album Website: (End of the Line)
(Folder within LEVEL 4 website section of americanzen.org)

AmericanZen.org
http://www.americanzen.org/LEVEL_4/EndOfTheLine/

Homepage of END OF LINE Album Website:(home page)
http://www.americanzen.org/LEVEL_4/EndOfTheLine/index.html

Lyric 1 of END OF LINE Album Website (Use Me)
http://www.americanzen.org/LEVEL_4/EndOfTheLine/END-01.html

Lyric 2 of END OF LINE Album Website (High School Graduation Reunion):
http://www.americanzen.org/LEVEL_4/EndOfTheLine/END-02.html

Lyric 3 of END OF LINE Album Website (Scorpion Resurrection):
http://www.americanzen.org/LEVEL_4/EndOfTheLine/END-03.html

Lyric 4 of END OF LINE Album Website (Secret Asian Girl):
http://www.americanzen.org/LEVEL_4/EndOfTheLine/END-04.html

Lyric 5 of END OF LINE Album Website (Rock Me Hard):
http://www.americanzen.org/LEVEL_4/EndOfTheLine/END-05.html

Lyric 6 of END OF LINE Album Website (Kung Fu Cowboy 2):
http://www.americanzen.org/LEVEL_4/EndOfTheLine/END-06.html

Lyric 7 of END OF LINE Album Website (Take Me Apart):
http://www.americanzen.org/LEVEL_4/EndOfTheLine/END-07.html

Lyric 8 of END OF LINE Album Website (End Of The Line):
http://www.americanzen.org/LEVEL_4/EndOfTheLine/END-08.html

Lyric 9 of END OF LINE Album Website (Honor and Obey, Cherish and Protect):
http://www.americanzen.org/LEVEL_4/EndOfTheLine/END-09.html

Lyric 10 of END OF LINE Album Website (Black Hills Ride):
http://www.americanzen.org/LEVEL_4/EndOfTheLine/END-10.html

Lyric 11 of END OF LINE Album Website (Starting Over Again):
http://www.americanzen.org/LEVEL_4/EndOfTheLine/END-11.html

Album Page in END OF LINE Album Website (End Of The Line ALBUM):
http://www.americanzen.org/LEVEL_4/EndOfTheLine/END-12.html

RECORD RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENT:
End Of The Line follows the 2012 release of Coyote Radio Tujunga by THC The Hippy Coyote and the last released album by American Zen, LEVEL 4 = Kung Fu Cowboy PART 1: King Solomon's Temple in 2010. Both of these previous albums, also written by Coyote, are based upon the life events of T.H.Coyote, known mostly as "Kung Fu Cowboy" since 2012. End Of The Line is a musical autobiography of Coyote since he became "nomadic" in 2011.

Starting with the song, "Use Me," Coyote tells how he became homeless and stranded in Las Vegas. The next song, "High School Reunion," was written as Coyote reentered the town of his birth for his 40-Year High School Reunion.

Coyote continues to perform all the instruments under the pseudony

 

 

 

Bonus items included in purchase ONLY from Shaolin Records:

FREE BOOKS:
Supersoul 13 book by Buddha Z  (Coyote's Shaolin Kung Fu name)
4 Decades of Love songbook by THC The Hippy Coyote

FREE SONGS:
"Peace Of Mind #2" song from LEVEL 1 = Peace of Mind album by American Zen
"Christ Killer" song from LEVEL 2 = Christ Killer album by American Zen
"I Want You To Love Me" song from LEVEL 3 = I Want You To Love Me album by American Zen
"Kill The Spider" song from LEVEL 4 = Kung Fu Cowboy PART 1: King Somon's Temple

WEB ARCHIVES: (A collection of webpages from Shaolin Records and American Zen)

Buy
End of the Line album now
(with bonus items)
directly from Shaolin Records
$8.88   ($23 value)

SINGLE SONG DOWNLOADS
0.99

PAYLOADZ THANK YOU TEXT: (When ordering songs individually).
     This song is from the END OF THE LINE album by American Zen, produced by Richard Del Connor for Shaolin Records.
      Words and music by The Hippy Coyote.

PayLoadz Product URL:
     http://www.shaolincom.com/Products-S/CD-AmZenEndLine-S.html

Payloadz LONG DESCRIPTION

End of the Line is the musical autobiography of The Hippy Coyote of American Zen. Leaving his family behind on the day before Christmas in 2011, Coyote packed up his life to start a Buddha Kung Fu Kung Fu scho

PayLoadz.com
End of the Line album
http://www.shaolincom.com/Products-S/CD-AmZenEndLine-S.html

Payloadz KEYWORDS:
THe Hippy Coyote, Richard Del Connor, Led Zeppelin, Kung Fu Cowboy

 

Available at:

amazon.com

americanZEN.org

Bandcamp.com

iTunes

shaolinCOM.com

shaolinRECORDS.com

 

LETTER TO FEATURE EDITORS JULY 2014:

END OF THE LINE music album by American Zen tells the musical autobiographical story of The Hippy Coyote from the time he divorced his family in 2011 to the end of 2013. Coyote recorded this album in his truck where he's been living the past couple years. This is Coyote's first album without an acoustic guitar and it sounds powerful as he takes on the musical alter-egoes of his American Zen bandmates.

END OF THE LINE music album by American Zen is the first album of American Zen without any acoustic guitar. 11 songs tell the story of The Hippy Coyote, known currently as "Kung Fu Cowboy." Songs depict homeless life and his upcoming movie, KUNG FU COWBOY ROCK & ROLL MOVIE 1, starring Coyote with 21 songs of his in the soundtrack.

Richard Del Connor, The Hippy Coyote, now known as KUNG FU COWBOY was a Canadian immigrant from 1970 to 1972 in St. John's, Newfoundland. He was exiled for legal reasons...

So, maybe we have some interesting stories to divulge for your magazine.

Upcoming press releases will be regarding the END OF THE LINE album by American Zen.

Richard Del Connor
Producer, Shaolin Records

 

RAVES and REVIEWS

Decades to learn to play the bass and guitar like that, let alone playing flute like Tull and being your own engineer.
Now that's a master!
Calista Caradine June 29, 2014

OTHER EPKS of American Zen

American Zen BOOKS
Links to EPK webpages of books by Richard Del Connor, The Hippy Coyote, Buddha Zhen, or Rachel Connor.

American Zen MOVIES
Links to EPK webpages of movies: Kung Fu Cowboy Rock & Roll Movie 1, and Kung Fu Cowboy Documentary.

American Zen MUSIC VIDEOS
Links to music videos featuring American Zen.

American Zen NEWSLETTERS - End of the Line ALBUM
Links to AmZen_eNEWS newsletters of 2012, 2013, and 2014.

American Zen PRESS RELEASES - End of the Line ALBUM
Links to PR_AmZen press releases from Shaolin Records of 2012, 2013, and 2014.

American Zen WEBSITES - End of the Line ALBUM
Links to websites and webpages of American Zen.

Shaolin Communications ENTERPRISES
Links to the various subsidiaries and enterprises that include Shaolin Records, Shaolin Music, and Shaolin Chi Mantis.

Shaolin Records PRESS RELEASES
Links to Shaolin Records press releases related to End of the Line album by American Zen.

 

album cover Original L.A. punk rock band 1978. Live in Venice by The Rich Subject of Photo:   Don Bertolucci photos of Vinnie Lauria, Bill Stewart, and RDC. Related Story: Living in Venice barrio.		book cover Autobiography of songs per each lover. 4 Decades of Love RIchard Del Connor, The Hippy Coyote Subject of Cover:   Coyote Wife 1987 Related Album:  King Solomon's Temple. Related Story:  Freemason fundraiser concert.		single song cover 1978 punk rock song. "Aliann" by The Rich Subject of Photo:   Alien movie pod shot by Coyote. Related Album:  The Rich Live in Venice . Related Story:  Coyote UCLA student 1986.

 

About Shaolin Records
Shaolin Records was launched in 1984, releasing vinyl records and cassette tapes of Kung Fu music from Santa Monica, California. With its' origins in Shaolin Kung Fu and Zen Buddhism, Shaolin Records hopes to 'enlighten and entertain™.'

Media Contact:
Richard Del Connor
Producer, Shaolin Records

www.ShaolinRecords.com

About The Rich
The Rich were formed in 1978 as Richard Del Connor left San Diego with Dann Linck to become one of the first punk rock bands of Los Angeles. The Rich recorded in many of the best L.A. studios with amazing recording engineers until becoming the Coyote in a Graveyard rock opera in 1984 which altered Richard's name to "The Coyote." During the late 1980s the set list included songs from the original 1979 band and the Coyote in a Graveyard soundtrack album. This band was billed as "Coyote Graveyard." In 1992 Richard Del Connor became American Zen, and in 2007 became "The Hippy Coyote," and "Buddha Zhen." While working as a stagehand in Las Vegas, Richard became known as "Kung Fu Cowboy." Jamming on flute with his Vegas reggae musician friends, they named him, "THC The Hippy Coyote."