'He was the rock, the foundation of the American Dream,' his bandmate Nick Jameson said of the musician who was a fixture on the Philly scene for more than 50 years.
Don Lee Van Winkle, 75, the guitarist for the rock band the American Dream who had a career that spanned over 50 years as a working musician in Philadelphia, has died.
It also included “Frankford El,” an enduring regional hit that Mr. Van Winkle said was inspired by the group’s commute from Center City to band practice in a pizza shop in Northeast Philly. The song shared a hard-earned life lesson, learned on SEPTA: “You can’t get to heaven on the Frankford El!” Nick Jameson, who played guitar in the American Dream and later would join Foghat and acted in the TV series, Jameson wrote that Mr. Van Winkle
Among players in the local scene, Kweder said, Mr. Van Winkle stood out because “he was extremely sturdy, responsible. He took it seriously. There are a lot of people who do it for four or five years, but then they kind of drift off.” In recent years, Mr. Van Winkle’s life was hit by tragedy. In 2017, his wife, Kathy O’Donnell, a former Philadelphia assistant district attorney,which he recorded in Nashville.
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