Don Airey

Donald Smith Airey (født 21. juni 1948 i Sunderland) er en engelsk keyboardist, mest kjent som den nåværende keyboardisten i Deep Purple. Han ble medlem av Deep Purple da Jon Lord forlot bandet i 2002. Han ble først kjent som studiomusiker på slutten av 1970-årene, og var fra 1979 til 1981 medlem av bandet Rainbow. 

Airey har også spilt med blant andre Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath, Gary Moore, Judas Priest og Jethro Tull. Han har også samarbeidet med Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Som medlem av Deep Purple har han medvirket på studioalbumene Bananas fra 2003, og Rapture of the Deep, utgitt i 2005. Don Airey er også fortsatt 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 – Michael Schenker Group – The Michael Schenker Group 
 1980 – Bernie Marsden – And About Time Too 
 1981 – Ozzy Osbourne – Blizzard of Ozz 
 1981 – Cozy Powell – Tilt 
 1981 – Rainbow – Difficult to Cure 
 1981 – Rainbow – Finyl Vinyl (samlealbum – 1986) 
 1982 – Gary Moore – Corridors of Power 
 1982 – Gary Moore – Rockin' Every Night 
 1983 – Ozzy Osbourne – Bark at the Moon 
 1984 – Gary Moore – Dirty Fingers 
 1985 – Alaska – The Pack 
 1985 – Phenomena – Phenomena 
 1985 – Gary Moore – Run for Cover 
 1986 – Zeno – Zeno 
 1987 – Thin Lizzy – Soldier of Fortune (samlealbum) 
 1987 – Whitesnake – Whitesnake 
 1987 – Wild Strawberries – Wild Strawberries 
 1988 – Fastway – Bad Bad Girls 
 1988 – Jethro Tull – 20 Years of Jethro Tull 
 1989 – Gary Moore – After the War 
 1989 – Whitesnake – Slip of the Tongue 
 1990 – Perfect Crime – Blond on Blonde 
 1990 – Jagged Edge – You Don't Love Me 
 1990 – Judas Priest – Painkiller 
 1990 – Forcefield – IV – Let the Wild Run Free 
 1990 – Tigertailz – Bezerk 
 1992 – Cozy Powell – Let the Wild Run Free 
 1992 – UFO – High Stakes and 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 – Gary Moore – Still Got the Blues 
 1994 – Katrina and the Waves – Turnaround 
 1997 – Quatarmass II – Long Road 
 1997 – Glen Tipton – Baptizm of Fire 
 1998 – Colin Blunstone – The Light 
 1998 – Crossbones – Crossbones 
 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 Guitar 
 2000 – Olaf Lenk's F.O.O.D. – Fun Stuff 
 2000 – Ten – Babylon AD 
 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 – Bruce Dickinson – Tattooed Millionaire 
 2002 – Rolf Munkes' Empire – Trading Souls
 2003 – Deep Purple – Bananas
 2003 – Living Loud – Living Loud 
 2003 – Silver – Intruder
 2005 – Deep Purple – Rapture of the Deep
 2006 – Gary Moore – Old New Ballads Blues
 2008 – Judas Priest – Nostradamus

Soloalbum
 1989 – K2 
 2008 – Light in the Sky
 2011 – All Out

Eksterne lenker 
 
 
 

Engelske keyboardister
Deep Purple-medlemmer
Ozzy Osbourne-medlemmer
Rainbow-medlemmer
Personer fra Sunderland