DON AIREY.
Keyboardist, born June 21, 1950, Sunderland, UK.
He has been recording with a lot of Hard Rock and Heavy Metal projects since 1974,including names like Ozzy Osbourne, Cozy Powell, Gary Moore, Rainbow and Thin Lizzy.
Also worked in "commercial" projects and solo albums.
Session, played in:
1974 - Cozy Powell - Na Na Na (single)
1974 - Cozy Powell - The Man in Black (single)
1976 - Babe Ruth - Kid's Stuff
1976 - Colosseum II - Strange new flesh (with Gary Moore, Neil Murray), Mike Stars and Jon Hiseman
1977 - Colosseum II - Electric Savage
1977 - Colosseum II - War Dance
1977 - Colosseum II - Lament (single)
1977 - Gary Moore - Back on the streets (released in 1979) (with Simon Philips, Phil Lynott, Brian Downey & John Mole)
1977 - Andrew Lloyd Webber - Variations
1978 - Jim Rafferty - Don't talk back
1978 - Strife - Back to thunder
1978 - Barbara Thompson - Jubiaba
1978 - Black Sabbath - Never Say Die (of course with Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Bill Ward, Geezer Butler, John Elstar and cover by Hipgnosis)
1979 - Rainbow - Down to Earth (with Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover, Graham Bonnet, & Cozy Powell)
1979 - Rainbow - Since you been gone (single)
1979 - Rainbow - All night long (single)
1979 - Cozy Powell - Over the top
1979 - Cozy Powell - The One (single)
1979 - Jim Rafferty - Solid Logic
1979 - Jim Raffertey - The Bogeyman (single)
1980 - Michael Schenker - Michael Schenker Group
1980 - Michael Schenker - Essential (compilatie)
1980 - Michael Schenker - Into the Arena 1972-1995 (compilatie)
1980 - Bernie Marsden - And about time too
1981 - Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz
1981 - Cozy Powell - Tilt (with, Jeff Beck, Jack Bruce, Mel Collins, Cozy Powell, David Sancious, Neil Murray, Bernie Marsden, Elmer Gantry,
John Cook & Frank Ailello)
1981 - Rainbow - Difficult to cure
1981 - Rainbow - I Surrender (single)
1981 - Rainbow - Can't happen here (single)
1981 - Rainbow - Final Vinyl (compilatie 1986)
1981 - Rainbow - All night long / an introduction to Rainbow (compilatie 2002)
1982 - Gary Moore - Corridors of power
1982 - Gary Moore - Rockin' Every Night
Don Airey, blue jacket in Rainbow.
1982 - Project Wind in the Willows - Wind in the Willow (uitgebracht 1985 met extra op CD 1998)
1983 - Ozzy Osbourne - Bark at the moon
1983 - Ozzy Osbourne - Bark at the moon (single)
1983 - Gary Moore - Live at the Marquee
1984 - Gary Moore - Dirty Fingers
1985 - Alaska (rockband) - The Pack
1985 - Phenomena - Phenomena
1985 - Gary Moore - Wild Frontier
1986 - Zeno - Zeno
1986 - Gilbert O'Sullivan - Frobisher Drive
1987 - Thin Lizzy - Soldier of Fortune
1987 - Whitesnake - 1987
1987 - Divlje Jagode - Wild Strawberries
1987 - Fastway - On Target
1987 - Helix - Wild in the street
1988 - Jethro Tull - 20 Years of
1989 - Don Airey - K2
1989 - Don Airey - Julie (if you leave me) (7")
1989 - Gary Moore - After the war (with, Sam Brown, Laurence Cottle, Ozzy, Simon Phillips, Steve Pigott, Cozy Powell, Chris Thompson, Neil Carter, Bob Dasiley, Andrew Eldrith)
1989 - Whitesnake - Slip of the Tongue
1990 - Perfect Crime - Blond on Blonde
1990 - Jagged Edge - You don't love me
1990 - Fastway - Bad Bad Girls
1990 - Judas Priest - Pain Killer
1990 - Forcefield - IV - Let the wild run free
1990 - Tigertailz - Bezerk
1991 - Project Wind in The Willows - Live
1992 - Cozy Powell - Let the wild run free
1992 - UFO (rockband) - High stakes & dangerous men
1992 - Anthem - Domestic booty
1992 - Kaizoku - Kaizoku
1993 - Brian May - Back to the light
1994 - Graham Bonnet - Here comes the night
1994 - English Steel - II - Lucky Streak
1994 - The Kick - Tough trip thru Paradise
1994 - Gary Moore - Still got the blues
1994 - Katrina and the Waves - Turn around
1996 - Aquarium (band) - Aquarium
1996 - Tribute to Hank Marvin / The Shadows - Twang
1997 - Quatarmass II - Long Road
1997 - Glen Tipton Baptizm of fire
1998 - Colin Blunstone - The light
1998 - Crossbones - Crossbones
1998 - The Cage - The Cage
1998 - Olaf Lenk - Sunset Cruise
1998 - Eddie Hardin - Wind in the willows (live)
1998 - The Snakes - Live in Europe
1999 - Millennium - Millennium
2000 - Micky Moody - I eat them for Breakfast
2000 - Silver (band) - Silver
2000 - Uli Jon Roth - Transcendental Sky Guitar
2000 - Olaf Lenk's F.O.O.D. - Fun Stuff
2000 - Company of Snakes - Burst The Bubble
2000 - Ten (rockband) - Babylon AD
2001 - Mario Fasciano - E-Thnic
2001 - Judas Priest - Demolition
2001 - Silver (rockband) - Dream Machines
2001 - ( Rolf Munkes ') Empire (band) - Hypnotica
2001 - Company of Snakes - Here they go again
2002 - Metalium - Hero Nation - Chapter Three
2002 - Bernie Marsden - Big Boy Blue
2002 - Bruce Dickinson - Tattooed Millionaire
2002 - Empire (band) - Trading Souls
2003 - Living Loud - Living Loud
2003 - Silver (band) - Intruder
2003 - Uli Jon Roth - Metmorphosis
2005 - Deep Purple
2006 - Fun Stuff - Olaf Lenk
2006 - The Strawbs - Taste of
2006 -Kristy Frank - Freedom
2006 - Empire (band)- Raven Ride
2006 - Oni Logan - Stranger in a Foreign Land
2006 - Gary Moore - Old New Ballads Blues
2007 - Gillian Glover - Red Handed
2007 - Don Airey - A Light in the Sky
2007 - Empire (band)- Chasing Shadows
2007 - Gwyn Ashton - Prohibition
2007 - Metalium - Demons of Insanity - Chapter Five
2007 - Deep Purple - they all came down at Montreux
2008 Michael Schenker - In the Mist of Beauty (with Simon Phillips, Neil Murray and others)
Solo:
K2 - Tales Of Triumph & Tragedy (1988)
Gary Moore - guitars,
Cozy Powell - drums,
J.J.Morland - b-vocals,
Genki Hitmoi- vocals,
Mel Galley - vocals,
Laurence Cottle - bass (also in Alan Parsons),
Keith Airey - guitars, b-vocals,
Chris Thompson - composer, vocals &
Colin Blunstone - vocals.
Mario Fasciano Steve Morse Ian Paice Don Airey – E-Thnik (2004).
Don Airey – A Light In The Sky (2008):
Bass – Chris Childs &
Laurence Cottle (plays with lan Parsons too)
Drums – Darrin Mooney &
Harry James
Guitar – Rob Harris
Keyboards – Don Airey
Violin – Lidia Baich
Vocals – Carl Sentance, Danny Bowes, Harry James
All Out is his new solo album (2011) feauturing:
Joe Bonnamassa - guitar,
Darrin Mooney - drums (Primal Scream, Gary Moore),
Rob Harris - guitar,
Carl Savage - vocals,
Bernie Marsden, ( Whitesnake),
Keith Airey,
Laurence Cottle - bass (Alan Parsons, Brian Eno, Black Sabbath, Gary Moore, Gary Husband, Eric Clapton and others).
Symfo-Index.
Updated September 2011 by Nick.
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