Don Airey

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Don Airey
Background Information
Birth name	Donald Smith Airey
Born	June 21, 1948 (age 73)
Origin	Sunderland, England
Genre(s)	Rock, hard rock, heavy metal, blues rock, progressive rock, jazz fusion
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter
Instrument(s)	Keyboards, vocals, Hammond L-100
Years active	1969 - present
Associated acts	Deep Purple, Rainbow, Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath, Electric Light Orchestra, Gary Moore, Glenn Tipton, Judas Priest, Wishbone Ash, Whitesnake, Ten, Jethro Tull, Saxon, Steve Vai, Colosseum II, Sinner, Empire, Brian May, Living Loud, Michael Schenker Group, Cozy Powell, Bernie Marsden, Phenomena, Bruce Dickinson, UFO, Colin Bluntstone, Graham Bonnet, Company of Snakes

Donald Smith "Don" Airey has been the keyboardist in the rock band Deep Purple since 2002, succeeding Jon Lord. He has had a long and productive career, playing with such acts as Gary Moore, Ozzy Osbourne, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Jethro Tull, Whitesnake, Saxon, Wishbone Ash, Steve Vai, Colosseum II, Sinner, Michael Schenker, Rainbow, Empire, Thin Lizzy, Brian May and Living Loud. He has also worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber.