When Lord left back in '02 there was only one person who could replace him, and that was Don. He pays his respect by playing "the obvious", but he adds so much more by playing what he himself likes. He adds to the music, and replacements seldom do that. Even Lord himself liked Don and what he did, and do, to THE band!!! Don, as a diehard Purple fan, I have to say... You're the man, and you're the only one to do it justice!!!
After the sad passing of Keith Emerson in March for me we only have three virtuoso maestros on the keyboards left now ...Rick Wakeman, Don Airey and Jordan Rudess. Don is a phenomenal keyboard player and doesn't get the credit he deserves...and hes such a nice guy.
ive been a drummer for over 44 years and most prob seen more bands than you've had hot dinners … such an infantile answer to my post .. go away you obnoxious little oik
A very informative video, it shows off chops & sounds together. Airey has been a very worthy successor to Jon Lord. He is a very happy camper on stage!
@@eddieademi Yeah, he once said that when the Minimoog came along, it gave guitarists a run for their money, so the only way they could compete was to look for 11 on their amps!
I saw DP at Snoqualmie Casino in Washington August 10- Don tore it up and was better than I had ever seen/heard him do before! The sound of his Hammond was extraordinary, truly there are few players in his league anymore! I've followed DP since the beginning truly a great band!
So I finally saw Deep Purple back in about 2004 in Charlotte, NC. Have been a fan since I was living in Brazil in the 70's. The interesting thing about that concert was the shear number of Bulgarians. You guys are like Elvis to them.
I think that Don only had Jon's Hammond C3 during the Bananas-Tour which was the tour after Jon left the band. It was in terrible shape and the last thing I heard was that it'll be displayed in a museum some day. The Hammond in the video isn't a C3 but an A100 sitting in a chopped cabinet by the Hammond Store (Musik Bertram in Freiburg, Germany, are using these cabinets as well). So what you're hearing is in fact Don's Hammond plugged into two customised Leslie 147s and a Hughes & Kettner Puretone guitar amplifier.
Don! Im a huge fan, ur a hero of mine. I saw the Rainbow "Down to Earth" tour at the stanley theatre in Pittsburgh.. the opening of "Eyes of the World" is a masterpiece that is so far ahead of it's time, ...its still stuns me to this day. Thank you for your music, Mr. Airey.
Fuck me the Hammond C3 is still as aggressive as any modern metal guitar sound (and it;'s nearly 70 yrs old!), the moog is also soooo gutsy even compared to newer 'analogue' synths. Hammond/Moog is a combination that will never be beat - throw in a string synth, mellotron and dirty rhodes and you're in dream land.
Saw them twice in the last year up front. I wish I could spend a couple hours with him at that setup talking about how it all works. He could make a video series on 'how to' because of the sheer time it must have taken to experiment with sound over the last 40 years.
I remember seeing Don play with Ozzy on the Diary of a Madman tour & he was matching Randy Rhodes' solos note for note many times. Saw him play with Rainbow as well
There will never be another JON LORD, Don was the only logical choice to take over for Jon. Great musician, excellent live performer, one hell of a nice guy, just like Jon. GREAT JOB DON !!!! R.I.P JON LORD.
Because he wasn't really talking about the keyboards; he was talking about the effects he uses on his organ and synth. The workstations don't need external effects pedals, after all.
"it's so simple, even I can use it...", and he really does make it look simple. One thing that strikes me about Don is his "closed-fisted" method. Whereas Jon was all fingers, Don's fingers seem very constrained. Of course, they pop out at the right time and hit the right notes, but it looks odd... almost like he's wearing boxing gloves.
I saw Don twice one at Ozzy live gig at Wembley Arena and other one at Hammersmith Odeon in 1982-83 and i saw Jon Lord with Whitesnake at Hammersmith Odeon around in 1982-83( i can't remember excatly)
@AgoAnselmo yeah that hammond solo is great! i know only the sound, not the inside from the moog! and the synth solo's from jon a long time ago are amazing too!
6:35 His solo sounds much more Emerson- than Lord-like. Pity that he doesn’t mention the keyboards on top of the Hammond and below the Moog. The best effects are useless without proper input.
Two Kurzweils 2661 on top and probably a PC3 on the lower tier with the Moog. Pretty much my own rig. Still the most advanced synthesis engine out there. Not the fastest to use however.
AMAZING PLAYER HE IS!! The Moog Simolater second best, but the Hammond Organ is the best instrument ever! I love the Hammond! The Moog simulator too! (i'm sorry for my bad English... i'm from Holland)
Hang on, i missed Tony Carey. My bad! I HAD to add Tony. But that's it, even if i think of any more - tough! Lol! I won't keep adding. Besides, they know who they are... \m/ XoD
From a different video I can tell now it's almost certain that there are JBL 2482s midrange drivers and original Utah woofers inside the Leslies. From the outside the amps look rather original. Maybe their circuitry was changed to run KT88 power tubes instead of 6550s (which requires different power and output transformers, apart from other things) so they will yield some 80 watts each. The amps will then remain cleaner at higher volume levels than the original ones but overall they're not much louder. However, the highly efficient JBL 2482s will make the Leslies far louder, even if the original amps were still used.
@kissarmy305 Jon, was pioneering. There are many players, who do better what he does. Don Airey is one of them, he's school and the neat technique and knowledge.
Why so? I owned two Mini D's for about ten years, the first one being my first ever synth bought new in the late 70's for $1995.00 and sold in 1988 for $150.00 lol. Both were a pain at gigs due to drifting oscillators, and if the gold contact rods under the keys were not cleaned every week with alcohol and cotton swabs the keys would make random squeeling sounds at the most inopourtune momements lol. I've never owned a Voyager but have messed with em a bit at NAMM shows and studios, and imho they sound pretty close, but better in that you dont have to take that blasted bottom off every week to clean or have headphones every gig to make sure the damn thing hasn't drifted too far.
Very impressive. I enjoy it very much. But, when a keyboard starts aging, as good as it is, it is hard to find a technician to tume up older keyboards. Tech nology changes, technician change; some don't want to work on older keyboards.
"when I first started I had two leslies"........ damn yous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! haha. nonchalent as hell like ya 2 leslies no biggie. probably thousand dollar cabinets each
1k $ doesn't even buy you one tube amp inside one of the customized Leslies. I'd rather say they're about 4k+ $ each. "When I first started" ... he means with Deep Purple (the Leslies were Jon's I guess). Anyway, Don has a lot of gear himself at home and owns a few Leslies. However, the Hammond/Leslie gear you can see in this video is custom-made for him.
@Kingdelfrong Lord is happy doing what he does now, he was getting old, and the amount of touring had a hughes impact on his health, if Deep Purple decided to slow down a bit maby we stil had Lord behind the Hammond, but Gillan did not like the idea(what a suprise), but altough Lord is the original, Don is also a great organ player, give him a break Lord's a legend it's hard enough for him standing where Jon used to stand, I think he does a great job ;) .
What's the exact model of this Hammond Organ? Also, the link to the pdf file explaining his rig setup no longer works. Could you please update this? Thanks!
@@mikedeibert5709 No, it's a chopped Hammond A100 from the Hammond Store USA. Jon used to have a C3 but that instrument was retired a few years before making this video. However, in the end it doesn't really matter. Don's of the opinion that the A100's sound different somehow and more to his liking. I owned an A100 and think it's just imagination or rather a special connection to the original appearence of the instrument. I have that same thing going on with C3's but B3's/C3's/A100's have the very same components inside that produce the sound (the original A100 has spring reverb in addition and built-in speakers). Every Hammond sounds different. The best one I've heard so far was a C2. That organ sounded way better than the organ in this video. But it's very rare to find an outstanding sounding organ. Many consoles sound about the same with little differences here and there. Very few sound amazing.
When Lord left back in '02 there was only one person who could replace him, and that was Don. He pays his respect by playing "the obvious", but he adds so much more by playing what he himself likes. He adds to the music, and replacements seldom do that. Even Lord himself liked Don and what he did, and do, to THE band!!! Don, as a diehard Purple fan, I have to say... You're the man, and you're the only one to do it justice!!!
After the sad passing of Keith Emerson in March for me we only have three virtuoso maestros on the keyboards left now ...Rick Wakeman, Don Airey and Jordan Rudess. Don is a phenomenal keyboard player and doesn't get the credit he deserves...and hes such a nice guy.
I prefer vitalij kuprij over Rudess and your stupid tablets with apps.
ive been a drummer for over 44 years and most prob seen more bands than you've had hot dinners … such an infantile answer to my post .. go away you obnoxious little oik
@@rokker101 it's all opinion folks. Relax...
Terry Watkinson was pretty good, agree with Wakeman and Airey, Rudess pretty good. Jobson for sure. How about Ken Hensley?
I would argue we have five, as in we have Greg Rollie of Santana and Journey as well as Tom Coster.
I know this is about TC but that Hammond sound in the beginning could knock a house over.
Jussi r0pp
Yeah, so fat and nice, I like it!
A very informative video, it shows off chops & sounds together. Airey has been a very worthy successor to Jon Lord. He is a very happy camper on stage!
Definitely
Now I know what I want for xmas!! 1/4 of that gear, and 1/10 th of that immense talent!
Great video. Don Airey - this man is a genius!
growling Hammond wins over everything else. The only keyboard instrument which can stay against the wall of heavy rock guitars
Connect a moog synthesizer with a marshall amp... the guitarplayers will "loving" you😉
or make it more fuller
@@gktde9874 that reminds me of what Rick Wakeman once said about that
@@eddieademi Yeah, he once said that when the Minimoog came along, it gave guitarists a run for their money, so the only way they could compete was to look for 11 on their amps!
@@andriealinsangao613 a famous joke from Mr Rick Wakeman! man got sense of humour
Amazing classroom!!! I don't know how many times I came back here to watch this video again. I lost count.
You watch this and you realize how massive Lord’s influence was in Purple and in rock. His Hammond sound and playing style is instantly recognizable.
I saw DP at Snoqualmie Casino in Washington August 10- Don tore it up and was better than I had ever seen/heard him do before! The sound of his Hammond was extraordinary, truly there are few players in his league anymore! I've followed DP since the beginning truly a great band!
So I finally saw Deep Purple back in about 2004 in Charlotte, NC. Have been a fan since I was living in Brazil in the 70's. The interesting thing about that concert was the shear number of Bulgarians. You guys are like Elvis to them.
This is probably the most exciting gear run on RUclips!
One of my favorite keyboard players after the man he replaced. Awesome that Jon Lord gave his Hammond to him to have the signature sound.
I think that Don only had Jon's Hammond C3 during the Bananas-Tour which was the tour after Jon left the band. It was in terrible shape and the last thing I heard was that it'll be displayed in a museum some day. The Hammond in the video isn't a C3 but an A100 sitting in a chopped cabinet by the Hammond Store (Musik Bertram in Freiburg, Germany, are using these cabinets as well). So what you're hearing is in fact Don's Hammond plugged into two customised Leslie 147s and a Hughes & Kettner Puretone guitar amplifier.
No comment, Jon and Airey ,the best
Don! Im a huge fan, ur a hero of mine. I saw the Rainbow "Down to Earth" tour at the stanley theatre in Pittsburgh.. the opening of "Eyes of the World" is a masterpiece that is so far ahead of it's time, ...its still stuns me to this day. Thank you for your music, Mr. Airey.
What a fantastic player Don is.Always a pleasure to listen to him.
Fuck me the Hammond C3 is still as aggressive as any modern metal guitar sound (and it;'s nearly 70 yrs old!), the moog is also soooo gutsy even compared to newer 'analogue' synths. Hammond/Moog is a combination that will never be beat - throw in a string synth, mellotron and dirty rhodes and you're in dream land.
Let me say. Here Don sounds belong more to Keith Emerson than Jon Lord :-)
Tarkus! please!
ah so nice
Saw them twice in the last year up front. I wish I could spend a couple hours with him at that setup talking about how it all works. He could make a video series on 'how to' because of the sheer time it must have taken to experiment with sound over the last 40 years.
I met and spent time with Don here in Seattle last week. Great guy.
I remember seeing Don play with Ozzy on the Diary of a Madman tour & he was matching Randy Rhodes' solos note for note many times. Saw him play with Rainbow as well
Very lucky!
why does this guy not get the credit he truly deserves? fuck the critics
What do you mean? Don Airey has been touring the world in one of the most renown rock bands of all time.
roger that
Always seems a great guy. Amazing player.
I call him & Jon Lord & Keith Emerson "Heavy Metal Keyboardists", and he's a helluva player. Love the Prog chords on the Hammond.
Don + Moog = Heaven!
Great B3 and Moog playing. Always liked Don's playing from back in the day of Colloseum II with Gary Moore.
i get like a modern 60's and 70's vibe from this guys playing. i really like it. tasteful but somewhat repetative. great tone too.
His synth stuff reminds me of his stint with Colosseum II.
"The most important thing about Deep Purple is the Hammond."
Without Jons Hammond Monster, Deep Purple were not, where they are today.
I miss Jon so much. but I love Don too
yup. feel the same.
There will never be another JON LORD, Don was the only logical choice to take over for Jon. Great musician, excellent live performer, one hell of a nice guy, just like Jon. GREAT JOB DON !!!! R.I.P JON LORD.
@@bobfreeburg4706 yes
Don is a one of perfect keyboardists
I just love this👌👍Thank s a lot Don.. 😀👍
7:32 He's a Star Wars fan for sure!
Me too :)
I really love your equipment and talent
....kurzweil keyboards were not mentioned and they are his workstations..
+MrSirMargas those poor swedes never get any credit do they?
Because he wasn't really talking about the keyboards; he was talking about the effects he uses on his organ and synth. The workstations don't need external effects pedals, after all.
I agree...not a mention. As a Kurzweil user, I know how fucking good they are
@Hammondm100 Yeah, I was thinking the same thing after about 6:40...it sounded very Keith Emerson--loved it!
This man is a MASTER!!!
R2D2 :D
I learned a lot ! Thank you !
6:44-6:48 sounds like the buildup section of Keith's (Brubeck's) 'Rondo'.
Don Airey is the king!
That Hammond is deadly!
Oh, yes!
"it's so simple, even I can use it...", and he really does make it look simple.
One thing that strikes me about Don is his "closed-fisted" method. Whereas Jon was all fingers, Don's fingers seem very constrained. Of course, they pop out at the right time and hit the right notes, but it looks odd... almost like he's wearing boxing gloves.
Really great sound... !
A top bloke for sure
Don Airey, he da man ! . . . . . . Long Live Rock`n`Roll
Don is one helluva player!
I saw Don twice one at Ozzy live gig at Wembley Arena and other one at Hammersmith Odeon in 1982-83
and i saw Jon Lord with Whitesnake at Hammersmith Odeon around in 1982-83( i can't remember excatly)
carry on Don you are the greatest now
my god I love that mini moog
6:55 Don's 'Right Arm Overture'
@AgoAnselmo yeah that hammond solo is great! i know only the sound, not the inside from the moog! and the synth solo's from jon a long time ago are amazing too!
THIS IS AMAZING!!!!!!
You must be an ELP fan for I think I heard a bit @ 6:40. I would love this setup.
+Dan Edmiston Hmm it sounds similar, but I don't hear anything specificly from ELP
+Dan Edmiston Its sounds like acombination of UK and ELP. But Dont Airey got mostly sounds far from them.
it sounds similar to part from Karn Evil but it isn't
Sounds like the build up run for 'America'.
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wow very unique with the ring modulator.
Saluton to Mr. Airey, his technical skills are totally not inferior to the late great Maestro Jon Lord.
Don Airey is great player, and prominent contributor to other heavy bands/musicians.
Yes. The most Don just lacks that straight forward iron touch Jon had.
Jupitereight ... and that touch of Bach Jon always had.
Small venue to a great Deep Purple
Brilliant.
Nice picture on the laptop at 7:10
Jon Lord.......grande Maestro
I thought this was a gear run, but the only thing Don was taking about where the effects and not the whole lot.
Every time they play Lazy i get a big smille on my face :D Love that tune! :D
There was definitely a nod to Keith Emerson amongst all the Jon Lord stuff. Great old school keyboardist.
@RoadhouseRocks pretty sure its a swell (volume) pedal for the Hammond.
6:35 His solo sounds much more Emerson- than Lord-like.
Pity that he doesn’t mention the keyboards on top of the Hammond and below the Moog. The best effects are useless without proper input.
Two Kurzweils 2661 on top and probably a PC3 on the lower tier with the Moog. Pretty much my own rig. Still the most advanced synthesis engine out there. Not the fastest to use however.
just sounded like a few chords from brain salad surgery and definitely tarkus
DIVINO!
AMAZING PLAYER HE IS!!
The Moog Simolater second best, but the Hammond Organ is the best instrument ever! I love the Hammond!
The Moog simulator too!
(i'm sorry for my bad English... i'm from Holland)
Great keyboardist after Keith Emerson, Rick Wakeman, Jon Lord and Geoff Downes
He's second to none.
I would put Don above Geoff Downes though, I like his sound more.
His solo albums are great too.
Very good hamonds ... :-)
I've heard Don in Hamburg and Jon Lord too..
Monster player for sure
Hang on, i missed Tony Carey. My bad! I HAD to add Tony. But that's it, even if i think of any more - tough! Lol! I won't keep adding. Besides, they know who they are... \m/ XoD
The most interesting question would have been: What's inside the custom Leslies?
From a different video I can tell now it's almost certain that there are JBL 2482s midrange drivers and original Utah woofers inside the Leslies. From the outside the amps look rather original. Maybe their circuitry was changed to run KT88 power tubes instead of 6550s (which requires different power and output transformers, apart from other things) so they will yield some 80 watts each. The amps will then remain cleaner at higher volume levels than the original ones but overall they're not much louder. However, the highly efficient JBL 2482s will make the Leslies far louder, even if the original amps were still used.
why am I crying now
mmm did I hear a nod to tarkus in this?...correct me if I'm wrong
@kissarmy305
Jon, was pioneering. There are many players, who do better what he does. Don Airey is one of them, he's school and the neat technique and knowledge.
Bien Don.
Unic fantastico
LORD Y AIREY son diferentes pero fantasticos🌹🌷
Search colloseum II the scorch
Check Don out when he were a young lad.
@Kingdelfrong i don't think there is a black version of jon lord
Hell Yeah! The Man!
5 Thumbs down! You Kidding me!
+MirazMusik those people are butt hurt they don't have his rig....matter of fact I'm about to make it 6!!!! that fucker lol.
Genial.... Só isso a comentar desse cara
Moog Voyager is not near to Minimoog D
Why so? I owned two Mini D's for about ten years, the first one being my first ever synth bought new in the late 70's for $1995.00 and sold in 1988 for $150.00 lol. Both were a pain at gigs due to drifting oscillators, and if the gold contact rods under the keys were not cleaned every week with alcohol and cotton swabs the keys would make random squeeling sounds at the most inopourtune momements lol. I've never owned a Voyager but have messed with em a bit at NAMM shows and studios, and imho they sound pretty close, but better in that you dont have to take that blasted bottom off every week to clean or have headphones every gig to make sure the damn thing hasn't drifted too far.
So what? It's mainly a player skill what makes music. Manfred Mann switched from classic Mini to Voyager - music didn't get any worse from that
Bob pronononced it Moog Rymes with Rogue not MOOOOG But Love Don just saw them In Chicago
Very impressive. I enjoy it very much. But, when a keyboard starts aging, as good as it is, it is hard to find a technician to tume up older keyboards. Tech nology changes, technician change; some don't want to work on older keyboards.
"when I first started I had two leslies"........ damn yous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! haha. nonchalent as hell like ya 2 leslies no biggie. probably thousand dollar cabinets each
when he said that I was expecting Don to continue by saying.. "but I now use the great Les Sims in the TC-elec. units.."
1k $ doesn't even buy you one tube amp inside one of the customized Leslies. I'd rather say they're about 4k+ $ each. "When I first started" ... he means with Deep Purple (the Leslies were Jon's I guess). Anyway, Don has a lot of gear himself at home and owns a few Leslies. However, the Hammond/Leslie gear you can see in this video is custom-made for him.
...ok, I take the moog :D
Mooooooooog!!!!
jsb779 moooooooooogggg
RIP Keith Emerson x
This is "A ZENE- THE Music"!...
@AgurkTomatGulerod It's the introduction to Lazy he does in live concerts...
Hey Don i too havn't had a decent flanger for ages. FTM..
@Kingdelfrong Lord is happy doing what he does now, he was getting old, and the amount of touring had a hughes impact on his health, if Deep Purple decided to slow down a bit maby we stil had Lord behind the Hammond, but Gillan did not like the idea(what a suprise), but altough Lord is the original, Don is also a great organ player, give him a break Lord's a legend it's hard enough for him standing where Jon used to stand, I think he does a great job ;) .
How is the name/model of the little keybord at 1:57? Thanks
Synthesizer. It Looks Kinda Like A Modern Mini Moog.
What's the exact model of this Hammond Organ? Also, the link to the pdf file explaining his rig setup no longer works. Could you please update this? Thanks!
Thanks, I'll see if I can't locate it :-)
Hammond C- 3
any luck?@@tcelectronic
@@mikedeibert5709 No, it's a chopped Hammond A100 from the Hammond Store USA. Jon used to have a C3 but that instrument was retired a few years before making this video. However, in the end it doesn't really matter. Don's of the opinion that the A100's sound different somehow and more to his liking. I owned an A100 and think it's just imagination or rather a special connection to the original appearence of the instrument. I have that same thing going on with C3's but B3's/C3's/A100's have the very same components inside that produce the sound (the original A100 has spring reverb in addition and built-in speakers). Every Hammond sounds different. The best one I've heard so far was a C2. That organ sounded way better than the organ in this video. But it's very rare to find an outstanding sounding organ. Many consoles sound about the same with little differences here and there. Very few sound amazing.
Grande perfect strangers
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didn't he play with ozzy too?
Yes he did