Friday, October 23, 2015

Don Airey


























Artist:  Don Airey
Birth Name:  Donald Smith Airey
Born:  June 21, 1948.  Sunderland, England
Genre:  Rock, Hard Rock, Progressive Rok, Blues Rock, Heavy Metal, Jazz Fusion
Occupation:  Musician, Songwriter
Instruments:  Keyboards, Vocals

Don Airey is an English Musician and Songwriter from Sunderland.  He has had played with Rainbow, Ozzy Osbourne, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Jethro Tull, Whitesnake, Saxon, Wishbone Ash, Colosseum, Michael Schenker, Thin Lizzy, Gary Moore and he has also worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber.  He has been played Keyboards in Rock Band Deep Purple since 2002, succeeding Jon Lord.














Title:  Keyed Up  (2014)
Genre:  Rock, Hard Rock, Progressive Rok, Blues Rock, Heavy Metal
Label:  Music Theories Recordings
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  3 In The Morning  (4:18)
 2.  Beat The Retreat  (5:55)
 3.  Blue Rondo A La Turk  (5:15)
 4.  Solomons Song  (5:38)
 5.  Claire D'Loon  (5:13)
 6.  Flight Of Inspiration  (4:34)
 7.  Inside The Godbox  (0:37)
 8.  Difficult To Cure (2013)  (5:44)
 9.  Mini-Suite:    (7:03)
      A.  Lamenr/Jig
      B.  Restless Spirit
      C.  What Went Wrong
10. Adagio (feat. Gary Moore)  (5:24)
11. Grace  (4:19)

Personnel:

Don Airey:  Keyboards
Darren Mooney:  Drums
Laurence Cottle:  Bass
Rob Harris:  Guitar
Carl Sentance:  Vocals

Special Guests:

Gary Moore:  Guitar on Track 9 (C)
Graham Bonnet:  Vocals on Track 9
Simon MacBride:  Guitar on Tracks: 5, 9 (A+B)
Alex Meadows:  Bass on Track 5
Tim Goodyer:  Drums on Track 5
    
Keyed Up is the fourth studio album by Don Airey, was released on February 17, 2014 by Music Theories, featuring Gary, Moore, Graham Bonnet, Simon MacBride, Alex Meadows and Tim Goodyer.

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