Year : 2021
Style : Hard Rock , Progressive Rock
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 234 mb
Bio:
Born in Sunderland, in 1948, Don Airey turned professional upon graduating from the Royal Northern College of Music in 1972. After touring the club and cruise ship circuit he moved to London, where he joined Cozy Powell’s band Hammer in 1974. In 1975 he joined jazz/rock act Colosseum II, recording three albums with them between 1975-78, and also working with Andrew Lloyd-Webber on the theme music for the 'South Bank Show' TV arts programme.In December 1978 Don joined up with Cozy Powell for a second time, this time in Rainbow. His tenure included the band's most commercially successful years from 1979-1981, playing on the hit singles 'Since You Been Gone', 'All Night Long' and 'I Surrender'.He joined Ozzy Osbourne's band until 1985, having already played on the 'Blizzard Of Ozz' album in 1980 (and also Black Sabbath's 'Never Say Die' in 1978) . He was next drafted in to play keyboards on Whitesnake's enormously successful '1987' album, and later its follow up 'Slip Of The Tongue'. Don also contributed (both live and in the studio) to such acts as Alaska, Jethro Tull, and Gary Moore, as well as recording a solo album, K2, in 1988.The 90’s saw him composing music for corporate ID’s (everything from British Airways to Glenfiddich Whiskey) , as well as playiing on sessions, and group projects such as Quatermass II with Nick Simper, and Silver with ex-Gillan guitarist Bernie Torme. In 1997 he arranged the Eurovision Song Contest winner 'Love Shine A Light' for Katrina & The Waves. He also toured with Uli Jon Roth, ELO II, Brian May, Colin Blunstone, The Bonnet / Airey Band, and from 1998-2001 Company of Snakes (reliving former glories with Whitesnake!).In August 2001, Deep Purple invited Don to temporarily replace Jon Lord for a European tour. That invitation was extended to a permanent residency in 2002. Just like Purple bandmate Steve Morse, Airey often has different group and solo projects on the go, so it was no great surprise when he teamed up with Steve, plus his old Ozzy Osbourne bandmates Bob Daisley and Lee Kerslake for the (still ongoing) Living Loud project in 2003.
Album:
Don Airey is the keyboard player of Deep Purple. With the iconic British band, he succeeded in doing what would have been impossible for any other keyboard player, substituting the legendary founding member Jon Lord, accidentally one of his idols.Don's career has been incredible. His contribution has marked the history of hard rock. From his works with Ozzy Osbourne on the first albums, through Michael Schenker Group, three great album with Rainbow (together with Roger Glover and of course Ritchie Blackmore), until playing all keyboards on Whitesnake's smash album "1987", Judas Priest's Painkiller and many albums from Gary Moore, including the hit "Still Got The Blues" for which Airey wrote and arranged all the orchestral parts.This concert has been recorded in Hamburg, during the club tour of his solo album "One Of A Kind".The show is a selection of Don's favourite songs from his unique career. A "Hard Rock songbook", played live in a superb way by a band including Carl Sentance (the current singer from Nazareth) and the guitar rising star Simon McBride who will release his new solo album on earMUSIC in 2021.
Line-Up:
Don Airey - Keyboards (DEEP PURPLE)
Carl Sentance - Vocals
Laurence Cottle - Bass
Jon Finnigan - Drums
Simon McBride - Guitars
Tracklist:
CD1:
01. Nuclear Attack (Originally by Gary Moore)
02. Pictures of Home (Originally by Deep Purple)
03. Shooting Star
04. I Surrender (Originally by Russ Ballard)
05. Still Got the Blues (Originally by Gary Moore)
06. Desperado (Originally by Colosseum II)
07. The Way I Feel Inside
08. Lost Boys
09. Is This Love (Originally by Whitesnake)
CD2:
01. Child in Time (Originally by Deep Purple)
02. Difficult to Cure (Originally by Rainbow)
03. All Night Long (Originally by Rainbow)
04. Lost in Hollywood (Originally by Rainbow)
05. Hush (Originally by Joe South)
06. Since You've Been Gone (Originally by Russ Ballard)
07. Black Night (Originally by Deep Purple)
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