Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03

Don Airey Biography and Timeline

Follow Don Airey through 3 dated historical records for Great Britain.

Don Airey, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

3Distinct records
1 of 1Page
1980–2003Years on this page

1980

Blizzard of Oz

Member of Blizzard of Oz · Arts / Popular Music

Founder Member of Blizzard of Oz

2002

Deep Purple

Member of Deep Purple · Arts / Popular Music

Joins Deep Purple as keyboard player, replacing Jon Lord after earlier work as a touring substitute.

Role range: 2002-

2003

Bananas

Member of Deep Purple · Arts / Popular Music

Records Bananas, his first Deep Purple studio album as the band's full-time keyboard player.

Role range: 2002-

Records, sources and methodology

These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.