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{{Short description|American guitarist and record producer}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Dean Parks
| name = Dean Parks
| image = Dean-parks-musicians.jpg
| birth_name = Weldon Dean Parks
| caption = Parks in 2008
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1946|12|6}}
| birth_name = Weldon Dean Parks
| birth_place = [[Fort Worth]], Texas, U.S.
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[Rock music|rock]], [[jazz]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1946|12|6}}
| birth_place = [[Fort Worth]], Texas, U.S.
| occupation = Musician
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[Rock music|rock]], [[jazz]]
| instrument = Guitar, [[pedal steel]]
| occupation = Musician
| years_active = 1970–present
| website = {{URL|www.deanparks.com}}
| instrument = Guitar, [[pedal steel]]
| years_active = 1970–present
| website = {{URL|www.deanparks.com}}
}}
}}


'''Weldon Dean Parks''' (born December 6, 1946) is an American [[session musician|session guitarist]] and [[record producer]] from [[Fort Worth, Texas]], United States.
'''Weldon Dean Parks''' (born December 6, 1946) is an American [[session musician|session guitarist]] and [[record producer]] from [[Fort Worth, Texas]]. Parks has one Grammy nomination. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Dean Parks {{!}} Artist {{!}} GRAMMY.com |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/dean-parks/5597 |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref>


==Albums==
==Albums==
Parks was member of the North Texas State One O'clock Lab Band before moving to Los Angeles to work with [[Sonny and Cher]] in 1970. In 1980, Parks was a founding member of the Christian Jazz Fusion band [[Koinonia (band)|Koinonia]]. Parks is best known for his many contributions to albums by [[Steely Dan]] and [[Michael Jackson]]. Notably, he played guitar on the ''[[Royal Scam]]'' track "[[Haitian Divorce]]", which features a [[Talkbox]]. He has performed with [[Joan Baez]], [[Gordon Lightfoot]], ''Pre''-[[Bloodrock]], [[Alexander O'Neal]], [[Crosby and Nash]], [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]], [[Stevie Wonder]], [[Barbra Streisand]], [[Roberto Carlos (singer)|Roberto Carlos]], [[Elton John]], [[Celine Dion]], [[the Monkees]], [[Madeleine Peyroux]], [[America (band)|America]], [[Diana Ross]], [[George Benson]], [[Rod Stewart]], [[Bob Dylan]], [[Randy Travis]], [[Bob Seger]], [[Billy Joel]], [[Neil Diamond]], [[Michael Bublé]], [[Barry Manilow]], [[David Lee Roth]], [[Paul Simon]], [[Dolly Parton]], [[Amanda Lear]], [[Kenny Loggins]], [[Tom Scott (musician)|Tom Scott]], [[B.B. King]], [[Dusty Springfield]], [[Randy Edelman]], [[Leon Gieco]], [[Koinonia (band)|Koinonia]], [[Johnny Rivers]], [[Johnny Hallyday]], [[Randy Newman]], [[Joe Cocker]], [[David Baerwald]], [[the Gypsy Queens]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dr.dk/musik/titel/ventura+highway/2373446-1-2|title=Ventura Highway - The Gypsy Queens|website=Dr.dk|access-date=22 May 2018}}</ref> and [[Bread (band)|Bread]]. Parks is also a long time collaborator on [[David Foster]] albums, such as ''[[Shadows (Gordon Lightfoot album)|Shadows]]'' by Gordon Lightfoot.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dean-parks-mn0000227159/credits|title=Dean Parks &#124; Credits}}</ref>
Parks was member of the North Texas State One O'clock Lab Band before moving to Los Angeles to work with [[Sonny and Cher]] in 1970. In 1980, he was a founding member of the Christian Jazz Fusion band [[Koinonia (band)|Koinonia]]. Parks is best known for his many contributions to albums by [[Steely Dan]], [[Michael Jackson]], and [[Bread (band)|Bread]]. Notably, he played guitar on Steely Dan's ''[[Royal Scam]]'' track "[[Haitian Divorce]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dr.dk/musik/titel/ventura+highway/2373446-1-2|title=Ventura Highway - The Gypsy Queens|website=Dr.dk|access-date=May 22, 2018}}</ref> Parks is also a long-time collaborator on [[David Foster]] albums, such as ''[[Shadows (Gordon Lightfoot album)|Shadows]]'' by Gordon Lightfoot.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dean-parks-mn0000227159/credits|title=Dean Parks &#124; Credits|website=[[AllMusic]] }}</ref>


Parks features on Cat Beach's albums ''Letting Go'' and ''Love Me Out Loud''. In 2008, Parks participated in the production of the album ''Psalngs'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://press.psalngs.com/ |title=Press for Psalngs.com|work=Press.Psalngs.com|access-date=2009-08-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110825021755/http://press.psalngs.com/ |archive-date=2011-08-25}}</ref> the debut release of Canadian musician [[John Lefebvre]].
Parks features on Cat Beach's albums ''Letting Go'' and ''Love Me Out Loud''. In 2008, Parks participated in the production of the album ''Psalngs'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://press.psalngs.com/ |title=Press for Psalngs.com|work=Press.Psalngs.com|access-date=2009-08-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110825021755/http://press.psalngs.com/ |archive-date=2011-08-25}}</ref> the debut release of Canadian musician [[John Lefebvre]].


Dean Parks is very prominently featured on [[Viktor Krauss]]' album ''II'' (2007), where he plays a plethora of other stringed instruments in addition to electric and acoustic guitars.
Parks is very prominently featured on [[Viktor Krauss]]' album ''II'' (2007), where he plays a plethora of other stringed instruments in addition to electric and acoustic guitars.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jazz |first=All About |date=2007-04-13 |title=Viktor Krauss: II album review @ All About Jazz |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/ii-viktor-krauss-emi-music-review-by-chris-m-slawecki/ |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=All About Jazz |language=en}}</ref> He played on eight Lyle Lovett albums.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Perusse |first=Bernard |date=28 Feb 2012 |title=A parting gift from Lyle Lovett |pages=C.2 |work=[[Montreal Gazette|The Gazette]] |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/925674123/ |access-date=24 Nov 2023}}</ref>


==Tours==
==Tours==
During the late 1970s, Parks teamed up with [[Bread (band)|Bread]] for their "[[Lost Without Your Love]]" reunion tour, taking on the responsibilities of lead guitarist. Following the departure of founding member Jimmy Griffin, Parks then became the 'unofficial' fourth member for the duration of the 1977/78 tours, including the visit to England to record a BBC TV special. He also continued the role when Bread's co-founder, [[David Gates]], put together his own solo touring band shortly afterwards. In the spring of 2005 he joined [[David Crosby]] and [[Graham Nash]] on their European tour, as well as their U.S. tours in fall 2007, fall 2008, and spring 2011. In April 2017 Parks joined James Taylor's band while Taylor recovered from a broken finger.
During the late 1970s, Parks teamed up with [[Bread (band)|Bread]] for their "[[Lost Without Your Love]]" reunion tour, taking on the responsibilities of lead guitarist.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Grein |first=Paul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TSQEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22dean+parks%22+++%22david+gates%22&pg=PT131 |title=Griffin Out; Now It's Gates & Bread |date=1978-03-25 |publisher=Billboard, Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |language=en}}</ref> Following the departure of founding member Jimmy Griffin, Parks then became the 'unofficial' fourth member for the duration of the 1977/78 tours, including the visit to England to record a BBC TV special.
He continued the role when Bread's co-founder, [[David Gates]], put together his own solo touring band shortly afterwards. In the spring of 2005 he joined [[David Crosby]] and [[Graham Nash]] on their European tour, as well as their U.S. tours in fall 2007, fall 2008, and spring 2011. In April 2017 Parks joined James Taylor's band while Taylor recovered from a broken finger.


==Movies==
==Movies==
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==Discography==
==Discography==
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'''With [[America (band)|America]]'''
'''With [[America (band)|America]]'''
* 1980 ''[[Alibi (America album)|Alibi]]''
* 1980 ''[[Alibi (America album)|Alibi]]''
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* 1976 ''[[Bloodline (Glen Campbell album)|Bloodline]]'', [[Glen Campbell]]
* 1976 ''[[Bloodline (Glen Campbell album)|Bloodline]]'', [[Glen Campbell]]
* 1976 ''[[Steppin' Out (Neil Sedaka album)|Steppin' Out]]'', [[Neil Sedaka]]
* 1976 ''[[Steppin' Out (Neil Sedaka album)|Steppin' Out]]'', [[Neil Sedaka]]
* 1976 ''[[Everything Must Change]]'', [[Randy Crawford]]
* 1976 ''[[Everything Must Change (Randy Crawford album)|Everything Must Change]]'', [[Randy Crawford]]
* 1976 ''[[Endless Flight]]'', [[Leo Sayer]]
* 1976 ''[[Endless Flight]]'', [[Leo Sayer]]
* 1976 ''[[Gulf Winds]]'', [[Joan Baez]]
* 1976 ''[[Gulf Winds]]'', [[Joan Baez]]
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* 1980 ''Now We May Begin'', [[Randy Crawford]]
* 1980 ''Now We May Begin'', [[Randy Crawford]]
* 1980 ''[[Red Cab to Manhattan]]'', [[Stephen Bishop (singer)|Stephen Bishop]]
* 1980 ''[[Red Cab to Manhattan]]'', [[Stephen Bishop (singer)|Stephen Bishop]]
* 1980 ''[[Somethin' 'Bout You Baby I Like]]'', [[Glen Campbell]]
* 1980 ''[[Somethin' 'Bout You Baby I Like (album)|Somethin' 'Bout You Baby I Like]]'', [[Glen Campbell]]
* 1980 ''[[In the Pocket (Neil Sedaka album)|In the Pocket]]'', [[Neil Sedaka]]
* 1980 ''[[In the Pocket (Neil Sedaka album)|In the Pocket]]'', [[Neil Sedaka]]
* 1981 ''Power of Love'', [[Arlo Guthrie]]
* 1981 ''Power of Love'', [[Arlo Guthrie]]
* 1981 ''Secret Combination'', [[Randy Crawford]]
* 1981 ''Secret Combination'', [[Randy Crawford]]
* 1981 ''I'll Be There'', [[Gail Davies]]
* 1981 ''I'll Be There'', [[Gail Davies]]
* 1981 ''[[Pirates (album)|Pirates]]'', [[Rickie Lee Jones]]
* 1981 ''[[Pirates (Rickie Lee Jones album)|Pirates]]'', [[Rickie Lee Jones]]
* 1981 ''[[If I Should Love Again]]'', [[Barry Manilow]]
* 1981 ''[[If I Should Love Again]]'', [[Barry Manilow]]
* 1981 ''The Right Place'', [[Gary Wright]]
* 1981 ''The Right Place'', [[Gary Wright]]
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* 1984 ''[[The Magazine (album)|The Magazine]]'', [[Rickie Lee Jones]]
* 1984 ''[[The Magazine (album)|The Magazine]]'', [[Rickie Lee Jones]]
* 1985 ''[[Stay Tuned (Chet Atkins album)|Stay Tuned]]'', [[Chet Atkins]]
* 1985 ''[[Stay Tuned (Chet Atkins album)|Stay Tuned]]'', [[Chet Atkins]]
* 1985 ''[[Dreamland Express]]'', [[John Denver]]
* 1985 ''[[Dreamland Express]]'', [[John Denver]]
* 1985 "[[Crazy From the Heat]]", [[David Lee Roth]]
* 1985 ''[[Without Your Love (Dionne Warwick album)|Without Your Love]]'', [[Dionne Warwick]]
* 1985 ''[[Without Your Love (Dionne Warwick album)|Without Your Love]]'', [[Dionne Warwick]]
* 1985 ''[[Real Love (Dolly Parton album)|Real Love]]'', [[Dolly Parton]]
* 1985 ''[[Real Love (Dolly Parton album)|Real Love]]'', [[Dolly Parton]]
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* 1987 ''[[I Prefer the Moonlight]]'', [[Kenny Rogers]]
* 1987 ''[[I Prefer the Moonlight]]'', [[Kenny Rogers]]
* 1987 ''[[Famous Blue Raincoat (album)|Famous Blue Raincoat]]'', [[Jennifer Warnes]]
* 1987 ''[[Famous Blue Raincoat (album)|Famous Blue Raincoat]]'', [[Jennifer Warnes]]
* 1987 ''Maria Vidal'', [[Maria Vidal]]
* 1987 ''[[Maria Vidal (album)|Maria Vidal]]'', [[Maria Vidal]]
* 1988 ''[[Brian Wilson (album)|Brian Wilson]]'', [[Brian Wilson]]
* 1988 ''[[Brian Wilson (album)|Brian Wilson]]'', [[Brian Wilson]]
* 1988 ''[[The Best Years of Our Lives (Neil Diamond album)|The Best Years of Our Lives]]'', [[Neil Diamond]]
* 1988 ''[[The Best Years of Our Lives (Neil Diamond album)|The Best Years of Our Lives]]'', [[Neil Diamond]]
* 1988 ''Nothing but the Truth'', [[Ruben Blades]]
* 1988 ''Nothing but the Truth'', [[Ruben Blades]]
* 1988 ''[[Land of Dreams (album)|Land of Dreams]]'', [[Randy Newman]]
* 1988 ''[[Land of Dreams (Randy Newman album)|Land of Dreams]]'', [[Randy Newman]]
* 1988 ''[[Twice the Love]]'', [[George Benson]]
* 1988 ''[[Twice the Love]]'', [[George Benson]]
* 1988 ''[[Nobody's Angel (Crystal Gayle album)|Nobody's Angel]]'', [[Crystal Gayle]]
* 1988 ''[[Nobody's Angel (Crystal Gayle album)|Nobody's Angel]]'', [[Crystal Gayle]]
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* 1989 ''[[Something Inside So Strong]]'', [[Kenny Rogers]]
* 1989 ''[[Something Inside So Strong]]'', [[Kenny Rogers]]
* 1989 ''Somebody Loves You'', [[Paul Anka]]
* 1989 ''Somebody Loves You'', [[Paul Anka]]
* 1989 ''Let it Go'', [[Clair Marlo]]
* 1989 ''[[Ain't Gonna Cry]]'', [[Juice Newton]]
* 1989 ''[[Ain't Gonna Cry]]'', [[Juice Newton]]
* 1989 ''[[Good to Be Back]]'', [[Natalie Cole]]
* 1989 ''[[Good to Be Back]]'', [[Natalie Cole]]
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* 1989 ''[[Flying Cowboys]]'', [[Rickie Lee Jones]]
* 1989 ''[[Flying Cowboys]]'', [[Rickie Lee Jones]]
* 1989 ''[[Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind]]'', [[Aaron Neville]], [[Linda Ronstadt]]
* 1989 ''[[Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind]]'', [[Aaron Neville]], [[Linda Ronstadt]]
* 1989 ''[[O Tempo e o Vento]]'', [[Roberto Carlos]]
* 1990 ''[[Some People's Lives]]'', [[Bette Midler]]
* 1990 ''[[Some People's Lives]]'', [[Bette Midler]]
* 1990 ''[[Heroes & Friends]]'', [[Randy Travis]]
* 1990 ''[[Heroes & Friends]]'', [[Randy Travis]]
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* 1991 ''[[Showstoppers (album)|Showstoppers]]'', [[Barry Manilow]]
* 1991 ''[[Showstoppers (album)|Showstoppers]]'', [[Barry Manilow]]
* 1991 ''[[Christmas (Stephanie Mills album)|Christmas]]'', [[Stephanie Mills]]
* 1991 ''[[Christmas (Stephanie Mills album)|Christmas]]'', [[Stephanie Mills]]
* 1991 ''[[The Fire Inside]]'', [[Bob Seger]]
* 1991 ''[[The Fire Inside (Bob Seger album)|The Fire Inside]]'', [[Bob Seger]]
* 1991 ''[[Can You Stop the Rain (album)|Can You Stop the Rain]]'', [[Peabo Bryson]]
* 1991 ''[[Can You Stop the Rain (album)|Can You Stop the Rain]]'', [[Peabo Bryson]]
* 1991 ''[[All I Can Be]]'', [[Collin Raye]]
* 1991 ''[[All I Can Be]]'', [[Collin Raye]]
* 1991 ''Keep This Love Alive'', [[Tom Scott (saxophonist)|Tom Scott]]
* 1992 ''[[The Future (Leonard Cohen album)|The Future]]'', [[Leonard Cohen]]
* 1992 ''[[The Future (Leonard Cohen album)|The Future]]'', [[Leonard Cohen]]
* 1992 ''[[King of Hearts (Roy Orbison album)|King of Hearts]]'', [[Roy Orbison]]
* 1992 ''[[King of Hearts (Roy Orbison album)|King of Hearts]]'', [[Roy Orbison]]
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* 1995 ''[[Kissing Rain]]'', [[Roch Voisine]]
* 1995 ''[[Kissing Rain]]'', [[Roch Voisine]]
* 1995 ''[[Feels Like Home (Linda Ronstadt album)|Feels Like Home]]'', [[Linda Ronstadt]]
* 1995 ''[[Feels Like Home (Linda Ronstadt album)|Feels Like Home]]'', [[Linda Ronstadt]]
* 1995 ''Cornerstones'', Chikuzen Sato
* 1996 ''[[Treasures (Dolly Parton album)|Treasures]]'', [[Dolly Parton]]
* 1996 ''[[Treasures (Dolly Parton album)|Treasures]]'', [[Dolly Parton]]
* 1996 ''Louder Than Words'', [[Lionel Richie]]
* 1996 ''Louder Than Words'', [[Lionel Richie]]
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* 1998 ''[[Time (Lionel Richie album)|Time]]'', [[Lionel Richie]]
* 1998 ''[[Time (Lionel Richie album)|Time]]'', [[Lionel Richie]]
* 1999 ''[[D'lectrified]]'', [[Clint Black]]
* 1999 ''[[D'lectrified]]'', [[Clint Black]]
* 1999 ''[[Tuesday's Child (album)|Tuesday's Child]]'', [[Amanda Marshall]]
* 1999 ''[[Rainbow (Mariah Carey album)|Rainbow]]'', [[Mariah Carey]]
* 1999 ''Music Is My Life'', [[Diane Schuur]]
* 1999 ''Music Is My Life'', [[Diane Schuur]]
* 1999 ''[[A Love Like Ours]]'', [[Barbra Streisand]]
* 1999 ''[[A Love Like Ours]]'', [[Barbra Streisand]]
* 1999 ''Smokin' Section'', [[Tom Scott (musician)|Tom Scott]]
* 1999 ''Smokin' Section'', [[Tom Scott (saxophonist)|Tom Scott]]
* 2000 ''[[Inside Job (album)|Inside Job]]'', [[Don Henley]]
* 2000 ''[[Inside Job (Don Henley album)|Inside Job]]'', [[Don Henley]]
* 2000 ''[[Bette (album)|Bette]]'', [[Bette Midler]]
* 2000 ''[[Bette (album)|Bette]]'', [[Bette Midler]]
* 2000 ''Friends for Schuur'', [[Diane Schuur]]
* 2000 ''Friends for Schuur'', [[Diane Schuur]]
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* 2011 ''[[A Holiday Carole]]'', [[Carole King]]
* 2011 ''[[A Holiday Carole]]'', [[Carole King]]
* 2011 ''[[When Ronan Met Burt]]'', [[Ronan Keating]], [[Burt Bacharach]]
* 2011 ''[[When Ronan Met Burt]]'', [[Ronan Keating]], [[Burt Bacharach]]
* 2011 ''[[What Matters Most]]'', [[Barbra Streisand]]
* 2011 ''[[What Matters Most (Barbra Streisand album)|What Matters Most]]'', [[Barbra Streisand]]
* 2011 ''Sound Advice'', [[Patti Austin]]
* 2011 ''Sound Advice'', [[Patti Austin]]
* 2012 ''[[Merry Christmas, Baby (album)|Merry Christmas, Baby]]'', [[Rod Stewart]]
* 2012 ''[[Merry Christmas, Baby (album)|Merry Christmas, Baby]]'', [[Rod Stewart]]
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* 2016 ''[[Fallen Angels (Bob Dylan album)|Fallen Angels]]'', [[Bob Dylan]]
* 2016 ''[[Fallen Angels (Bob Dylan album)|Fallen Angels]]'', [[Bob Dylan]]
* 2016 ''[[Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway]]'', [[Barbra Streisand]]
* 2016 ''[[Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway]]'', [[Barbra Streisand]]
* 2016 ''[[Down to My Last Bad Habit]]'', [[Vince Gill]]
* 2016 ''[[Encore un soir (album)|Encore un soir]]'', [[Céline Dion]]
* 2016 ''[[Encore un soir (album)|Encore un soir]]'', [[Céline Dion]]
* 2017 ''[[Sky Trails]]'', [[David Crosby]]
* 2017 ''[[Sky Trails]]'', [[David Crosby]]
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* 2020 ''Out of Sane'', [[Clint Black]]
* 2020 ''Out of Sane'', [[Clint Black]]
* 2020 ''[[Music... The Air That I Breathe]]'', [[Cliff Richard]]
* 2020 ''[[Music... The Air That I Breathe]]'', [[Cliff Richard]]
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==See also==
==See also==
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[[Category:Guitarists from California]]
[[Category:American session musicians]]
[[Category:American session musicians]]
[[Category:People from Fort Worth, Texas]]
[[Category:Musicians from Fort Worth, Texas]]
[[Category:University of North Texas College of Music alumni]]
[[Category:University of North Texas College of Music alumni]]
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[[Category:Living people]]
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Revision as of 04:55, 12 May 2024

Dean Parks
Parks in 2008
Parks in 2008
Background information
Birth nameWeldon Dean Parks
Born (1946-12-06) December 6, 1946 (age 77)
Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
GenresPop, rock, jazz
OccupationMusician
Instrument(s)Guitar, pedal steel
Years active1970–present
Websitewww.deanparks.com

Weldon Dean Parks (born December 6, 1946) is an American session guitarist and record producer from Fort Worth, Texas. Parks has one Grammy nomination. [1]

Albums

Parks was member of the North Texas State One O'clock Lab Band before moving to Los Angeles to work with Sonny and Cher in 1970. In 1980, he was a founding member of the Christian Jazz Fusion band Koinonia. Parks is best known for his many contributions to albums by Steely Dan, Michael Jackson, and Bread. Notably, he played guitar on Steely Dan's Royal Scam track "Haitian Divorce".[2] Parks is also a long-time collaborator on David Foster albums, such as Shadows by Gordon Lightfoot.[3]

Parks features on Cat Beach's albums Letting Go and Love Me Out Loud. In 2008, Parks participated in the production of the album Psalngs,[4] the debut release of Canadian musician John Lefebvre.

Parks is very prominently featured on Viktor Krauss' album II (2007), where he plays a plethora of other stringed instruments in addition to electric and acoustic guitars.[3][5] He played on eight Lyle Lovett albums.[6]

Tours

During the late 1970s, Parks teamed up with Bread for their "Lost Without Your Love" reunion tour, taking on the responsibilities of lead guitarist.[7] Following the departure of founding member Jimmy Griffin, Parks then became the 'unofficial' fourth member for the duration of the 1977/78 tours, including the visit to England to record a BBC TV special.

He continued the role when Bread's co-founder, David Gates, put together his own solo touring band shortly afterwards. In the spring of 2005 he joined David Crosby and Graham Nash on their European tour, as well as their U.S. tours in fall 2007, fall 2008, and spring 2011. In April 2017 Parks joined James Taylor's band while Taylor recovered from a broken finger.

Movies

Parks has played guitar for film scores such as Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation (with Carol Parks), Bowfinger, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, The Big Bounce, Days of Thunder, Dying Young, August Rush, Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story and Rosewood (with Tommy Morgan and John Williams).

Personal life

He was married to fellow musician Carol Parks.

Discography

With America

With Bobby Bland

  • 1969 Spotlighting the Man
  • 1973 His California Album
  • 1974 Dreamer

With Cher/Sonny & Cher

With Chris Botti

With Michael Bublé

With T Bone Burnett

With Joe Cocker

With Andraé Crouch

With Rita Coolidge

With The Crusaders

  • 1976 Free as the Wind
  • 1978 Images
  • 1980 Rhapsody and Blues
  • 1980 Standing Tall
  • 1984 Ghetto Blaster
  • 1986 The Good and the Bad Times
  • 2003 Rural Renewal

With Julia Fordham

With Kenny Loggins

With Lyle Lovett

With The Manhattan Transfer

With Aaron Neville

  • 1991 Warm Your Heart
  • 1993 The Grand Tour
  • 1993 Aaron Neville's Soulfoul Christmas
  • 1995 The Tattooed Heart
  • 1997 ...To Make Me Who I Am
  • 2000 Devotion
  • 2003 Believe
  • 2005 Gospel Roots

With Madeleine Peyroux

With Rebecca Pidgeon

With Joe Sample

  • 1978 Rainbow Seeker
  • 1979 Carmel
  • 1980 Voices in the Rain
  • 1982 The Hunter
  • 1983 Roles
  • 1985 Oasis
  • 1995 Old Places Old Faces
  • 1997 Sample This
  • 2002 The Pecan Tree

With Steely Dan

With others

See also

References

  1. ^ "Dean Parks | Artist | GRAMMY.com". www.grammy.com. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
  2. ^ "Ventura Highway - The Gypsy Queens". Dr.dk. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Dean Parks | Credits". AllMusic.
  4. ^ "Press for Psalngs.com". Press.Psalngs.com. Archived from the original on 2011-08-25. Retrieved 2009-08-28.
  5. ^ Jazz, All About (2007-04-13). "Viktor Krauss: II album review @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
  6. ^ Perusse, Bernard (28 Feb 2012). "A parting gift from Lyle Lovett". The Gazette. pp. C.2. Retrieved 24 Nov 2023.
  7. ^ Grein, Paul (1978-03-25). Griffin Out; Now It's Gates & Bread. Billboard, Nielsen Business Media, Inc.