Person · Male
Don Airey
- From
- Sunderland, United Kingdom
- Since
- 1948–present
- Rating
- ★ 4
- Releases
- 7
- hard rock
- symphonic prog
- symphonic rock
About
Donald Smith Airey (born 21 June 1948) 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. 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.
Member of
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Colosseum II keyboard
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Deep Purple keyboard, organ
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Empire keyboard
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Also known as
Don Airy · Donald Smith Airey
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 7bec6cd1-9602-400c-ab05-47e2d83bdf3d
- ISNI
- 0000000114507142
- IPI
- 00046559948
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 9 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.