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Jonathan Horsley

“He likes first takes is what I learned from Stevie Wonder”: Watch session legend Dean Parks talk Innervisions, Steely Dan and Larry Carlton’s “magic” ES-335

Dean Parks recently sat down with Vertex Effects – whose boost pedal he is big fan of – to share his memories of some of the most legendary sessions on his CV. And there are many.

Parks is a player who needs no introduction. He has had a formidable career as a first-call session pro, working with the likes of Sonny and Cher, Michael Jackson, Joe Cocker, Eric Clapton, and perhaps most famously Steel Dan and Stevie Wonder – two artists he discusses here. And Vertex’s Mason Marangella is on-hand to get the key gear details behind the tracks, and all these years later work out who did what and why.

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