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Mar 24, 2024 · When Don Airey first met Gary Moore, the guitarist was playing with jazz-fusion band Colosseum II. After Hammer’s collapse, Airey hired out his keyboard to a friend who was working with Moore’s new group.
Sep 2, 2023 · If only Moore himself had been so sure. Keyboard player Don Airey played with Moore on all his biggest hits throughout the 80s. He suggests that walking out on Thin Lizzy was a decision the guitarist never recovered from. “He felt terrible, subsequently, at what he had done,” says Airey. “But he felt he had no choice.
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1970s work. In 1971 he moved to London and joined Cozy Powell 's band Hammer. In 1975 he joined Jon Hiseman 's highly influential jazz rock band Colosseum II, along with Gary Moore, Neil Murray, Mike Starrs and later John Mole.
Feb 6, 2022 · As well as Pyle and Graham Walker, Moore decided to try out other rhythm section combinations. So in came Bob Daisley to play with Moore’s long-standing friend Brian Downey from Thin Lizzy. Keyboard player Don Airey had known Moore from back when they both played in Colosseum II.
Jan 17, 2022 · In an interview with Mulatschag TV back in 2020 (Transcribed by Rock and Roll Garage), keyboardist Don Airey, who played with bands like Rainbow, Gary Moore, Ozzy Osbourne and it’s since 2002 a member of Deep Purple, recalled he witnessed the first time that the three legendary guitarists Eddie Van Halen, Gary Moore and Ritchie Blackmore met ...
Nov 5, 2020 · Interview: Don Airey of DEEP PURPLE. Mark Dean November 5, 2020. Don Airey is a rock legend. Fact. Since replacing Jon Lord in Deep Purple back in 2002, he has contributed to several studio albums culminating in the band’s recent release, Whoosh! His musical pedigree also includes Gary Moore, Rainbow, MSG, Ozzy Osbourne, and also several solo ...
Nov 10, 2014 · Don ‘played with everybody and his dog’ Airey teamed up with his Gary Moore’s band mate Neil Murray, along with Vinny Appice, contributing to a cover of Gary’s track The Loner. The track will appear on Will Wallner and Vivien Vain new album The Battle Of Clyst Heath.
