Don Airey

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Don Airey
Don Airey performing with Deep Purple in 2005
Background information
Birth name	Donald Smith Airey
Born	(1948-06-21) 21 June 1948 (age 75) Sunderland, England
Genres	Rock, hard rock, heavy metal, blues rock, progressive rock, jazz fusion
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter
Instrument(s)	Keyboards
Years active	1969–present
Member of	Deep Purple
Formerly of	Rainbow, Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath, Electric Light Orchestra, Gary Moore, Glenn Tipton, Judas Priest, Wishbone Ash, Whitesnake, Ten, Jethro Tull, Hollywood Monsters, Divlje jagode

Donald Smith Airey (born 21 June 1948) is an English musician who has been the keyboardist in the rock band Deep Purple since 2002, after the retirement of 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, Colosseum II, Ten, Sinner, Michael Schenker, Rainbow, Empire, Brian May, Divlje jagode and Living Loud. He has also worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber.