Don Airey
Základné informácie
Popis umelca	britský hráč na klávesové nástroje
Rodné meno	Donald Airey
Narodenie	21.6.194821. jún 1948 (75 rokov) Sunderland, Spojené kráľovstvo
Žáner	heavy metal, hard rock
Hrá na nástrojoch	klávesy
Roky pôsob.	1974 - súčasnosť
Súvisiace články	Deep Purple, Rainbow, Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath, Electric Light Orchestra, Gary Moore
Webstránka	www.donairey.com
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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?!