Don Airey

Donald Smith "Don" Airey (* 21. júna 1948, Sunderland, Spojené kráľovstvo) je britský hráč na klávesové nástroje, ktorý od roku 2002 hrá v hardrockovej skupine  Deep Purple, kde nahradil Jona Lorda.

Don Airey sa na hudobnej scéne pohybuje a tvorí už mnoho rokov. Spolupracoval s hudobníkmi ako Gary Moore, Ozzy Osbourne, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Jethro Tull, Whitesnake, Colosseum II, Sinner, Michael Schenker, Uli Jon Roth, Rainbow, Divlje jagode a Living Loud, spolupracoval tiež s Andrew Lloyd Webberom.

Na klavír začal hrať ako sedemročný. Vyštudoval univerzitu v Nottinghame a v roku 1974 sa presunul do Londýna, kde sa pripojil k skupine Cozy Powella – Hammer.

Diskografia
 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 – 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 – Final Vinyl (Kompilácia – 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 (compilation)
 1987 – Whitesnake – Whitesnake
 1987 – Wild Strawberries – Wild Strawberries
 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
 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 – "Love Bomb Baby"
 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 – Don Airey – Light In The Sky
 2008 – Judas Priest – Nostradamus
 2011 – Saxon – Call to Arms
 2011 – Wishbone Ash – Elegant Stealth
 2011 – Don Airey – All Out
 2013 – Deep Purple – Now What?!

Anglickí heavymetaloví klávesisti
Anglickí rockoví klávesisti
Deep Purple
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