Don Airey

Donald Smith (Don) Airey () 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 studiomusiker 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.

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 studiomusiker.

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,Michael Flexig (Zeno) 
 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''

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Bakgrunnsstoff
Offisiell nettstad

Folk frå Sunderland
Engelske rockeklaverspelarar
Engelske heavy metal-klaverspelarar
Deep Purple-medlemmar
The Ozzy Osbourne Band-medlemmar
Rainbow-medlemmar
The Gary Moore Band-medlemmar
Elevar ved University of Nottingham
Eurovision Song Contest-dirigentar
Colosseum II-medlemmar