Happy Birthday to Weldon Dean Parks (or more often, just plain Dean Parks) who was born on this day 1946, in Fort Worth, Texas. In addition to playing as a regular on albums by 19 diverse artists, from America and Gordon Lightfoot to Chris Botti and Steely Dan, and everything in between, he’s also done session work on more than 317 albums (that I counted), including Michael Jackson's Thriller. He is seriously prolific - pops up all over the place! Love his website, lol! http://www.deanparks.com/ - says nothing, and a lot! There is very little info about Mr Parks anywhere to be found, which is fair enough – in fact up until quite recently, there wasn't even a Wiki entry for him (I could never find his birthday 
) but there are a coupla YouTube clips, interviews, etc. - one such here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6uzl-CKrxc. He plays all sorts of stringed things – mainly guitars but other instruments too, and he has been involved in production as well.
Of all the gazillion tracks he's ever played on, the two that specifically come to mind when I see his name …
CS&N - "Delta" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBXCWHAP6WI
“Haitian Divorce” -
) but there are a coupla YouTube clips, interviews, etc. - one such here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6uzl-CKrxc. He plays all sorts of stringed things – mainly guitars but other instruments too, and he has been involved in production as well. Of all the gazillion tracks he's ever played on, the two that specifically come to mind when I see his name …
CS&N - "Delta" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBXCWHAP6WI
“Haitian Divorce” -
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