| Dean Parks | |
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| Origin | Fort Worth, Texas |
| Genres | Pop, rock, jazz |
| Occupations | Musician |
| Instruments | Guitar, banjo, steel guitar, clarinet |
| Years active | 1970–present |
| Website | Official website |
Dean Parks is an American session guitarist and record producer from Ft. Worth, TX.
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Dean 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. Dean is best-known through his many contributions to albums by Steely Dan. Notably, he played guitar on the Royal Scam track "Haitian Divorce" which features a Talkbox to produce a chicken clucking sound and the melody line on "Beat It" by Michael Jackson. He has performed with Madonna, Stevie Wonder, Barbra Streisand, Elton John, Celine Dion, The Monkees, Madeleine Peyroux, America, Diana Ross, Rod Stewart, Randy Travis, Bob Seger, Billy Joel, Neil Diamond, Michael Bublé, Barry Manilow, David Lee Roth, Paul Simon, Dolly Parton, Amanda Lear, Kenny Loggins, B.B. King, Randy Edelman, Leon Gieco (Argentina) and Bread.
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,[1] the debut release of Canadian musician John Lefebvre.
Parks joined David Crosby and Graham Nash on their European tour in the spring of 2005, as well as their U.S. tours in fall 2007, fall 2008, and spring 2011. According to Graham Nash's introduction during a show on the tour at George Washington University's Lisner Auditorium, Parks had recently acquired and was performing on a new Paul Reed Smith guitar.
Parks has written songs and music for films such as The Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation (with Carol Parks), Bowfinger, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, The Big Bounce, and Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story.
He was previously married to fellow musician Carol Parks.