Donald Smith "Don" Airey (born 21 June 1948 in
Sunderland, England) 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,
Ten,
Sinner,
Michael Schenker,
Rainbow,
Empire,
Thin Lizzy,
Brian May,
Divlje jagode and
Living Loud. He has also worked with
Andrew Lloyd Webber.