Don Airey

English keyboardist · United Kingdom · On the map · Musicians · Born 1948 · age 78

Donald Smith Airey is an English musician. He came to prominence as the keyboardist of the rock band Rainbow during 1979-1982. He has been the keyboardist of Deep Purple since 2002, after the retirement of Jon Lord.

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Airey with Deep Purple in 2005

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In addition to his tenures with Rainbow and Deep Purple, he has had a long and productive career playing with many other rock and metal acts, including Gary Moore, Ozzy Osbourne, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Jethro Tull, Whitesnake, Saxon, Wishbone Ash, Colosseum II, Ten, Sinner, Michael Schenker, Empire, Brian May, Divlje jagode and Living Loud. He has also worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber.

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