Dean Parks

Personal Info

Known For

Sound

Known Credits

1

Gender

Male

Birthday

1946-12-06 (78 years old)

Place of Birth

Fort Worth, Texas, USA

Dean Parks

Biography

Weldon Dean Parks (born December 6, 1946) is an American session guitarist and record producer from Fort Worth, Texas. Parks has one Grammy nomination. 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". Parks is also a long-time collaborator on David Foster albums, such as Shadows by Gordon Lightfoot

Known For

  • Classic Albums

    Classic Albums