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Come up with something good

Yahoo carries a short interview with Don Airey, attributed to DPA (Deutsche Presse-Agentur). Like many other of his publicity appearances these days, it was done on the occasion of his upcoming solo album Pushed To The Edge.

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Decent bloke with a reputation

The Bass Player magazine (part of the Guitar World stable) has a short interview with Bob Daisley. It inevitably steered towards his stint with Rainbow, before turning the sights on Ozzy. The Rainbow record you appeared on, 1978’s Long Live Rock & Roll, you played on only a few tracks? “The reason I just played […]

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Depth and immediate identity

A couple of vintage Ian Gillan interviews on Louder Sound. First, was a 2015 contemporary chat with Geoff Barton on the occasion of another snub of Deep Purple by the Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame (the band was eventually inducted next year). As such, the interview was a part of Classic Rock feature celebrating the band, […]

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Experience of how to come up with the goods

An outfit called Rock ‘n’ Roll Grad School talks to Dr. Donald Airey about his new album. If you’ve been paying attention, you may have already heard bits and pieces of what Don has to say here. Nevertheless, here it is

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The tale of two Davids

Steve Vai shares with Music Radar a couple of stage mishap stories from his stints with David Lee Roth and Whitesnake. Vai recalls a similar incident on stage with Whitesnake and the band’s singer David Coverdale. “It wasn’t too different,” Vai says. “Fast forward a couple of years and I was playing Jones Beach Theater […]

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Very much calling the shots

Truemetal.it has an interview with Don Airey on the occasion of his new solo album Pushed To The Edge about to be released. The conversation also veered to discuss other parts of Don’s illustrious career — just check out the anecdote of parting the Red Sea at six o’clock in the morning to meet Jerry […]

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What’s not to like?!

Simon McBride talks about touring with Deep Purple with his guitar company PRS. Sounds like a thinly veiled commercial, don’t say you haven’t been warned.

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The joys of country living

This is a 1977 vintage interview with the country gentleman Ian Gillan, taken during the IGB Japanese tour.

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Rarely trod the conventional path

Louder Sound has a recent (conducted in November 2024) interview with Ian Gillan about his Gillan the band years. Big Ian seems frank, not avoiding unpleasant topics, and does not mince words much. Gillan the band’s forerunners the Ian Gillan Band had come to an end when keyboard player Colin Towns brought in a song […]

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This chord in his head

Don Airey appeared on the Sonic Perspectives podcast, promoting his upcoming solo album. The is also a fair bit of talk about his day job and the whole career.

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