Don Airey

Donald Smith (Don) Airey (fødd 21. juni 1948) er ein engelsk tangentspelar. Han har vore medlem av rockebandet Deep Purple sidan 2002 då han tok over etter Jon Lord. Han vart først kjent som studiomusikar på slutten av 1970-talet, og var frå 1979 til 1981 medlem av bandet Rainbow. Han har hatt ein lang og produktiv karriere og spelt med artistar som Gary Moore, Ozzy Osbourne, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Jethro Tull, Whitesnake, Colosseum II, Sinner, Michael Schenker, Uli Jon Roth, Rainbow, Ten, Divlje jagode og Living Loud. Han har òg arbeidd med Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Don Airey
Don Airey med Deep Purple i 2005
Fødd	21. juni 1948 (77 år)
Fødestad	Sunderland i England
Fødenamn	Donald Airey
Opphav	Storbritannia
Aktiv	1974 til i dag
Sjanger	Rock, hardrock, heavy metal, bluesrock, progressiv rock, jazzfusion
Instrument	tangentinstrument, orgel, synthesizer, vokal
Tilknytte artistar	Deep Purple, Rainbow, Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath, Electric Light Orchestra, Gary Moore, Glenn Tipton, Judas Priest, Wishbone Ash, Whitesnake, Ten, Jethro Tull
Verka som	Musikar, låtskrivar

Som medlem av Deep Purple har han medverka på studioalbuma Bananas frå 2003, og Rapture of the Deep, utgjeve i 2005. Don Airey er òg enno aktiv som studiomusikar.

Diskografi

• 1974 – Cozy Powell – «Na Na Na» (singel)
• 1976 – Babe Ruth – Kid's Stuff
• 1976 – Colosseum II – Strange New Flesh
• 1977 – Colosseum II – Electric Savage
• 1977 – Colosseum II – War Dance
• 1977 – Andrew Lloyd Webber – Variations
• 1978 – Jim Rafferty – Don't Talk Back
• 1978 – Strife – Back to Thunder
• 1978 – Black Sabbath – Never Say Die!
• 1979 – Gary Moore – Back on the Streets
• 1979 – Rainbow – Down to Earth
• 1979 – Cozy Powell – Over the Top
• 1980 - Ozzy Osbourne – Blizzard of Ozz
• 1980 – Michael Schenker Group – The Michael Schenker Group
• 1980 – Bernie Marsden – And About Time Too
• 1981 – Ozzy Osbourne – Diary Of A Madman
• 1981 – Cozy Powell – Tilt
• 1981 – Rainbow – Difficult to Cure
• 1981 – Rainbow – Finyl Vinyl (samlealbum – 1986)
• 1982 - Gary Moore - Corridors of Power
• 1983 – Gary Moore – Dirty Fingers
• 1983 – Gary Moore – Rockin' Every Night - Live in Japan
• 1983 – Ozzy Osbourne – Bark at the Moon
• 1985 – Alaska – The Pack
• 1985 – Phenomena – Phenomena
• 1985 – Gary Moore – Run For Cover
• 1986 – Zeno – Zeno,^[1][2]
• 1987 – Thin Lizzy – Soldier of Fortune (compilation)
• 1987 – Whitesnake – Whitesnake
• 1987 – Wild Strawberries – Wild Strawberries
• 1987 - Helix - Wild in the Streets
• 1988 – Fastway – Bad Bad Girls
• 1988 – Jethro Tull – 20 Years of Jethro Tull
• 1989 – Don Airey – K2
• 1989 – Gary Moore – After the War
• 1989 – Whitesnake – Slip of the Tongue
• 1989 – Crossbones – Crossbones
• 1990 – Perfect Crime – Blond on Blonde
• 1990 – Jagged Edge – You Don't Love Me
• 1990 – Judas Priest – Painkiller
• 1990 – Bruce Dickinson – Tattooed Millionaire
• 1990 – Forcefield – IV – Let the Wild Run Free
• 1990 – Gary Moore – Still Got the Blues
• 1990 – Tigertailz – Bezerk
• 1992 – Cozy Powell – Let the Wild Run Free
• 1992 – UFO – High Stakes & Dangerous Men
• 1992 – Anthem – Domestic Booty
• 1992 – Kaizoku – Kaizoku
• 1993 – Brian May – Back to the Light
• 1994 – Graham Bonnet – Here Comes the Night
• 1994 – The Kick – Tough Trip Thru Paradise
• 1994 – Katrina and the Waves – Turnaround
• 1997 – Quatarmass II – Long Road
• 1997 – Glenn Tipton – Baptizm of Fire
• 1998 – Colin Blunstone – The Light
• 1998 – The Cage – The Cage
• 1998 – Olaf Lenk – Sunset Cruise
• 1998 – Eddie Hardin – Wind in the Willows (live)
• 1998 – The Snakes – Live in Europe
• 1999 – Millennium – Millennium
• 2000 – Micky Moody – I Eat Them for Breakfast
• 2000 – Silver – Silver
• 2000 – Uli Jon Roth – Transcendental Sky Gitar
• 2000 – Olaf Lenk's F.O.O.D. – Fun Stuff
• 2000 – Ten – Babylon
• 2000 – Company of Snakes – Burst The Bubble
• 2001 – Mario Fasciano – E-Thnic
• 2001 – Judas Priest – Demolition
• 2001 – Silver – Dream Machines
• 2001 – Rolf Munkes' Empire – Hypnotica
• 2001 – Company of Snakes – Here They Go Again
• 2002 – Metalium – Hero Nation Chapter Three
• 2002 – Bernie Marsden – Big Boy Blue
• 2002 – Rolf Munkes' Empire – Trading Souls
• 2003 – Deep Purple – Bananas
• 2003 – Living Loud – Living Loud
• 2003 – Silver – Intruder
• 2005 – Kimberley Rew – Essex Hideaway
• 2005 – Deep Purple – Rapture of the Deep
• 2006 - Gwyn Ashton - Prohibition
• 2006 – Gary Moore – Old New Ballads Blues
• 2006 - Glenn Tipton - Edge of the World
• 2008 – Don Airey – A Light In The Sky
• 2008 – Judas Priest – Nostradamus
• 2011 – Saxon – Call to Arms
• 2011 - Wishbone Ash - Elegant Stealth
• 2011 – Don Airey – All Out