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

JSTOR ( August 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)ĭuring the late 1970s, Parks teamed up with Bread for their ' Lost Without Your Love' reunion tour, taking on the responsibilities of lead guitarist.

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This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. In 2008, Parks participated in the production of the album Psalngs, the debut release of Canadian musician John Lefebvre.ĭean 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 features on Cat Beach's albums Letting Go and Love Me Out Loud. Parks is also a long time collaborator on David Foster albums, such as Shadows by Gordon Lightfoot. Notably, he played guitar on Steely Dan's Royal Scam track, ' Haitian Divorce'. Parks is best known for his many contributions to albums by Steely Dan, Michael Jackson, and Bread. In 1980, he was a founding member of the Christian Jazz Fusion band Koinonia. 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. Weldon Dean Parks (born December 6, 1946) is an American session guitarist and record producer from Fort Worth, Texas.

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