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Vibrato of a Hammond is what powers this man
MetalTalk has a positively glowing review of Don Airey’s new album Pushed To The Edge:
For a bloke who is one of the most revered and reliable musicians in the business, Don Airey appears to take it all in his stride. Playing with global heavyweights like Ozzy Osbourne, Rainbow and Whitesnake and breathing life into timeless classics like Here I Go Again, Since You Been Gone, I Surrender, and Mr Crowley is just meat and potatoes and another day at the office for the Sunderland A.F.C. fanatic.
And for such a reluctant rock star, he knows how to fire up an album with copious amounts of shock and awe. This thing goes off like an alarm on a Scotsman’s wallet with the straight-to-the-vein rocker Tell Me.
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Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
I don’t really remember any side project of a Purplite during his time with the band getting as many rave reviews.
But it’s deserved because Pushed To The Edge has real swagger, something that is not exactly common with releases of that type.
Jon’s solo projects were always met with muted critical benevolence (fueled more than anything by respect for his gentleman keyboarder elder statesman role in DP), yet no one really ever got excited about them. Same thing with Roger’s solo exploits which were generally perceived as whimsical detours and met by slight bemusement (as did Accidentally On Purpose). And Steve’s solo and side releases regularly registered with Morse nerds only though the Flying Colors albums at least – and rightly so – elated some people in PROG circles (though that might have been more due to the Neal Morse and Mike Portnoy involvement).
Anyway, good (and deserved) for Don, a man with such an unassuming and kind demeanor who has become a central creative force within modern day Purple.
April 12th, 2025 at 11:15About me, Here I Go Again belong to J.Lord..
April 12th, 2025 at 13:30