Pushed to the Edge Don Airey

• 1 Tell Me 04:16
• 2 They Keep on Running 04:43
• 3 Moon Rising 04:37
• 4 Rock the Melody 04:27
• 5 Flame in the Water 05:35
• 6 Out of Focus 04:56
• 7 Power of Change 05:04
• 8 Girl from Highland Park 02:59
• 9 Godz of War 07:40
• 10 Edge of Reality 05:10
• 11 Finnigan's Awake 06:29
• Total Runtime 55:56

Info zu Pushed to the Edge

Zu den Künstlern und Bands, die mit ihm zusammenarbeiteten, gehören Legenden wie Ozzy Osbourne, Rainbow, Whitesnake, Judas Priest, Gary Moore, Brian May, Jethro Tull, Black Sabbath und natürlich Deep Purple, der Band, in der Don Airey seit über zwanzig Jahren festes Mitglied ist. Nach dem Erfolg des letzten Jahres, als Deep Purple mit „=1“ ihr viertes aufeinanderfolgendes Nummer-eins-Album sicherten und eine anschließende Welttournee absolvierten, startet Don Airey das Jahr 2025 mit derselben Energie in seiner Solokarriere. Mit einem hochkarätigen Line-up, zu dem die Sänger Carl Sentance (Nazareth) und Mitchell Emms (The Voice UK), Deep Purple Gitarrist Simon McBride, Drummer Jon Finnigan und Bassist Dave Marks gehören, bleibt das Album der Hard Rock-Tradition treu. „Pushed to the Edge“ verzichtet auf Tricks und Abkürzungen, bietet stattdessen handgemachten Rock auf höchstem Niveau und zeigt einmal mehr, dass Don Airey zu den Größten des Genres gehört.

"Knackige Rocksongs dominieren, auch mal mit verhaltenen Blues-Tupfern, alles beeindruckend von Carl Sentance oder Mitchell Emms gesungen.​ [.​.​.​] ein starkes Album ohne Durchhänger.​" (GoodTimes)

"Pushed To The Edge" ist lupenreiner Hardrock auf der Höhe unserer Zeit. Es ist ein Werk voller kraftvoller Melodien, mitreißender Riffs, virtuoser Soli und einer unvergleichlichen Bandchemie, die zum Greifen ist. Jeder Akteur bekommt die Gelegenheit, sich auszuzeichnen." (Mario Keim, rocktimes.info)

„Willkommen in der Champions League des Classic Rock. Ein wahres Meisterwerk, zelebriert von Weltklasse-Musikern.“ (Rock Hard Deutschland)

Don Airey, Keyboards, Gong
Carl Sentance, Gesang
Mitchel Emms, Gesang
Simon McBride, Gitarre
Dave Marks, Bass
Jon Finnigan, Schlagzeug, Percussion
Steve Bentley-Klein, Streicher, Trompete

Don Airey
is nothing if not prolific. Though currently known as a member of Deep Purple, his keyboard work can be heard on over three hundred albums, placing him among the most recorded players of all time. And this quality of output comes, crucially, with a true seal of quality. Don has toured with the great and the good and had a box seat on some of the most amazing events of rock history.

Born in Sunderland, Airey learned classical piano from the age of three, got his hands on a Hammond organ as a teenager and never looked back, studying at both the respected Nottingham University and then the Royal Manchester Conservatoire.

His first stint with a major rock act came in ‘74 with Cozy Powell’s Hammer, before joining Jon Hisemen and Gary Moore in the fusion outfit Colosseum II.

“Working with Jon Hiseman was an extremely formative experience and the live shows with 22 year old Gary in full cry, were unforgettable for the audience – I still get people coming up to say hello who were at one of the shows.”

Don performed on the Black Sabbath album ’Never Say Die’,”they were the nicest bunch of people I ever worked with – Tony was awe inspiring, Ozzy hilarious” but then, in 1978, he teamed up once more with Cozy Powell, but also Ritchie Blackmore and Roger Glover in Rainbow. He enjoyed huge success over three years. “Playing in Japan was like being in the Beatles – Graham Bonnet and I had to run for our lives in a shopping arcade pursued by a vast posse of young ladies.”

The next four years were spent with Ozzy Osbourne – Don, after all, had created the keyboard intro to the seminal track ‘Mr. Crowley’ on the ’Blizzard of Oz’ album and played all of the keyboard parts on the ‘Bark At The Moon’ album. “Being with Ozzys band was an experience that made me proud to be there, but I wouldn’t want to go through it again.”

During the 1980s Don undertook session work for many artists, most notably on Gary Moore’s ‘Out In The Fields’ album and Whitesnake’s multi-platinum selling ’1987’. Jethro Tull invited him out touring with them. This was followed the following year by the release of Don’s first solo album ‘K2’. Returning to work with Gary Moore between 1989 and 1991, playing keyboards of course but also as arranger, Don started work on the acclaimed ‘Still Got The Blues’ project. “This album, to our surprise became the biggest selling blues album ever, just reward for the dues Gary paid over the years”

A family illness meant that Don stepped away from music between 1992 and 1995 but, returning the following years, he put in stints for ELO, Uli Jon Roth, Graham Bonnet, Colin Blunstone, Judas Priest, Tony Iommi, Company of Snakes and – remarkably – as Musical Director [though he also arranged and performed on the track] even helped Katrina and the Waves win the Eurovision Song Contest in 1997. “The best thing about that evening was Terry Wogan buying me a pint of Guinness afterwards. “

However, it was in 2001 that the opportunity to join Deep Purple came along. Don stood in – at a day’s notice – for Jon Lord ahead of Deep Purple’s summer tour. “There was one brief run through with Steve Morse in a hotel room then out on stage in front of 28,000 people at Skanderberg.” When Jon then announced his retirement, Don was delighted to join the band full time and, hundreds of shows and three studio albums later, remains with them. “The success of the album ‘Now What?!’ in 2013, has been one of the most notable things to happen to me. Long may I continue.”

Down time from Deep Purple is limited, however, in 2007 Don released his second solo album, ’Light in the Sky’. This was followed in 2011 by ‘All Out’, again through Mascot Records and followed it up with ‘Keyed Up’ in 2014. “I’ve tried on this new album to refine all I have learnt in the last decade with Purple, viz to capture the sound of Lorenz Hammond’s brainchild roaring.”

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