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Shaolin Records started releasing music albums, and rock operas in 1984, from Santa Monica, California
Shaolin Records produced Kung Fu and Tai Chi books during the 1990s, selling music cassette records.
Shaolin Records began releasing CDs in 2005, with LEVEL 1 = PEACE OF MIND by American Zen
Shaolin Records began selling PDF books online at shaolinCOM.com in 2006, Autumn Flavours poetry book by The Hippy Coyote.
Shaolin Records releases first interactive Kung Fu-Tai Chi book, BUDDHA KUNG FU STUDENT MANUAL by Buddha Zhen in 2008.
Shaolin Records releases first music videos of American Zen in 2009.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Montrose, California – March 4, 2010:
American Zen, America's first Buddhist rock band, released on June 9, 2010, LEVEL 4 = Kung Fu Cowboy PART 1 , the first album of the Kung Fu Cowboy series. The album was released by Shaolin Records, and produced and engineered by Richard Del Connor.

For more information:
Richard Del Connor, Record Producer

Coyote Performs Solo Electric in Los Angeles Night Clubs

After a Freemason Meeting of December 2009, Coyote lost his Alvarez 12-string acoustic guitar he'd been performing and recording with since 1973.

Coyote was the "Organist" of Panamericana Lodge 513 in 2009 after becoming a Master Mason in February, 2009. Each and every Mason meeting for the rest of the year featured Coyote performing his Alvarez acoustic guitar and Selmer-Bundy nickel-plated flute.

Masons of his lodge said it really added more enjoyment and dynamics to their rituals, ceremonies and meetings to have Coyote performing here, there, and whenever possible throughout the two or three-hour weekly events each Thursday.

This Alvarez acoustic guitar had performed hundreds of concerts, and thousands of songs, powered by Coyote. Almost every acoustic guitar performed and recorded by Coyote since 1973 used that acoustic guitar. Sometimes it had 12 strings on it. Sometimes it had only 6 strings.

Friends and family offered to help him purchase another acoustic guitar, but Coyote refused. "I'm not going to play acoustic guitar anymore," Coyote calmly stated. This would seem impossible for our Folk Rock Troubadour, but Coyote is determined to be the best electric guitarist he can be instead.

Coyote's fans offered to give him acoustic guitars. Instead Coyote performed several gigs to prove his persistence and establish his new direction, even as a soloist.

Coyote's first gig after losing his guitar, was performed with poetry readings and singing the lyrics a cappella.

Coyote's next gig was performing SOLO with his electric guitar at THE SMELL nightclub in downtown Los Angeles, on January 28, 2010. Wearing his cowboy longcoat, cowboy hat, and his 1984 Fender Stratocaster guitar with a sunburst tobacco finish, Coyote performed a full set of material, with only 5 strings on his electric guitar. He broke his A-string during the first song, "Kill The Spider." Not having any roadies, and with his guitar case being guarded by his daughter somewhere in the dark concert hall--he just kept playing. Occassionally, when he really needed some notes from his guitar's A-string he would "sing" the notes which brought chuckles from the audience who realized what he was doing.

Coyote's next gig, performing solo on his Strat, also included a broken string at the beginning of the show. This time Coyote was prepared and chatted with the audience as he casually changed his guitar string onstage. Coyote also performed more songs from the rock opera, COYOTE IN A GRAVEYARD, from which he was named in 1985. The song, "Out Of My Mind," included stories of how he used to perform this rock opera and song with, "a sax player from Tai Mantis..."

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