Don Airey

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Don Airey
Airey performing with Deep Purple in 2024
Background information
Birth name	Donald Smith Airey
Born	(1948-06-21) 21 June 1948 (age 76) Sunderland, England
Genres	Rock, hard rock, heavy metal, blues rock, progressive rock, jazz fusion
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter
Instrument	Keyboards
Years active	1969–present
Member of	Deep Purple
Formerly of	Rainbow, Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath, Gary Moore, Glenn Tipton, Judas Priest, Wishbone Ash, Whitesnake, Ten, Jethro Tull, ELO Part II, Hollywood Monsters, Divlje Jagode, Anthem

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, the band from which Rainbow was a spinoff, since 2002, after the retirement of Jon Lord. As well as Rainbow and Deep Purple, he has had a long and productive career playing with many other 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.