.............................................................................DON LEE VAN WINKLE


Fallin' Idol stands out for simply being what was once called rock and
roll.

The heart in this music cannot be denied. It is more than evident in
the opening title track, where the listener can hear instantly from not
only the sound, but the feel of Winkle's voice that he has lived what he
is singing about. And that feel is present on every track of this album
whether the rocking, angry (yet funny) "Who Do You Think I Am," the
gentle "I'm A Fool," the country good-timey "The Gate Is Open," or the
tough and funky "Trouble Begins" and "Jones Is In The Mail."

To say that Don Lee Van Winkle is a mainstay of the Philadelphia music
scene is an understatement. Winkle (as he is generally known) was in
the Philly band American Dream, whose produced-by-Todd Rundgren album
hit the Billboard Chart in its first week of release.

Fallin' Idol was produced and engineered by drummer, Daoud Shaw, owner
of Radio Active Productions. Shaw's credentials include playing drums
for Van Morrison, Jerry Garcia, Etta James and the Saturday Night Live Band as well as co-producing and engineering some of Morrison's best albums.

Review: "Veteran Philly guitar slinger Don LeeVan Winkle brings a jaundiced eye and knowing way to scenarios of big-city living and dying scored in heartland rock, blues,shuffle and country music veins.........The title track is a musically catchy but cold-blooded tale of an honored Vietnam vet with adark side......It holds up favorably to like minded works by Bruce Springsteen and Lou Reed.........cool groove tune "Dancin'at Delilah's" turns into the Craig Rabinowitz story...Another fave--the coded, intriguing 'Jones Is in the Mail'" JonathanTakiff-Philadelphia Daily News

Listen to some of Don Lee Van Winkle's music:
FallinIdol| WhoDoYou Think I Am | Dancin'AtDelilah's |
BetweenDirtand Dust| Baby'sGotA Hold On Me | I'mAFool |
TroubleBegins| JonesIsIn The Mail | ReconsiderMe|
DearFriendOf Mine | TheGateIs Open |

The CD is available at Amazon.Com | and in the Delaware Valley at Tower Records In Philadelphia, King of Prussia, and Cherry Hill, NJ.