Gear Run: Don Airey / Deep Purple

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14 жыл бұрын

Check out the keyboard rig of Deep Purple keyboardist, Don Airey. Obviuously, he uses a Hammond organ, but he also has a lot of synths on-stage. In particular, he cherishes his Moog synth, and he treats it with a couple of TC Electronic effects: a Nova Delay to create a full and rich sound and a Nova Modulator for high quality flanger effects. On the Hammond he uses a Nova Reverb for creating a classic Hammond Spring effect.
Don has kindly provided a diagram of his setup:
www.tcelectronic.com/files/mis...

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@IHIKML 11 жыл бұрын

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!!!

@iloverush123 8 жыл бұрын

I know this is about TC but that Hammond sound in the beginning could knock a house over.

@tapiopihlajamaki9851 6 жыл бұрын

Jussi r0pp

@andriealinsangao613 4 күн бұрын

Yeah, so fat and nice, I like it!

@rokker101 7 жыл бұрын

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.

@jonathanlafey4988 6 жыл бұрын

I prefer vitalij kuprij over Rudess and your stupid tablets with apps.

@rokker101 5 жыл бұрын

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

@markrago5024 5 жыл бұрын

@@rokker101 it's all opinion folks. Relax...

@markrago5024 5 жыл бұрын

Terry Watkinson was pretty good, agree with Wakeman and Airey, Rudess pretty good. Jobson for sure. How about Ken Hensley?

@giloro85 5 жыл бұрын

I would argue we have five, as in we have Greg Rollie of Santana and Journey as well as Tom Coster.

@michaelsoto5542 7 жыл бұрын

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!

@tieukhavu8832 4 жыл бұрын

Definitely

@ovaisnaqvi1965 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@jmack619 4 жыл бұрын

Now I know what I want for xmas!! 1/4 of that gear, and 1/10 th of that immense talent!

@petersalmon4203 6 жыл бұрын

Great video. Don Airey - this man is a genius!

@cthulholmhastur5317 3 ай бұрын

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.

@luke_reiss 7 жыл бұрын

Amazing classroom!!! I don't know how many times I came back here to watch this video again. I lost count.

@irishmusico 12 жыл бұрын

What a fantastic player Don is.Always a pleasure to listen to him.

@optimystic23 10 жыл бұрын

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!

@bobbyvoltage7171 7 жыл бұрын

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.

@hammondvoodoo9555 7 жыл бұрын

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.

@hammondvoodoo9555 7 жыл бұрын

This is probably the most exciting gear run on KZfaq!

@goofyfoot2001 8 жыл бұрын

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.

@tammysmith2553 5 жыл бұрын

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

@69glamboy 3 жыл бұрын

Very lucky!

@bobrobertson9547 9 жыл бұрын

Love this guys playing.

@kevinmorgan3738 4 жыл бұрын

I met and spent time with Don here in Seattle last week. Great guy.

@zeljkos8850 8 жыл бұрын

No comment, Jon and Airey ,the best

@moecritter 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@pastalavista5754 12 жыл бұрын

Don + Moog = Heaven!

@deepzepp4176 10 ай бұрын

Always seems a great guy. Amazing player.

@jksynth 10 жыл бұрын

I really love your equipment and talent

@MMMarvelous 5 жыл бұрын

I call him & Jon Lord & Keith Emerson "Heavy Metal Keyboardists", and he's a helluva player. Love the Prog chords on the Hammond.

@awaken77 6 жыл бұрын

growling Hammond wins over everything else. The only keyboard instrument which can stay against the wall of heavy rock guitars

@gktde9874 5 жыл бұрын

Connect a moog synthesizer with a marshall amp... the guitarplayers will "loving" you😉

@liys540 3 жыл бұрын

or make it more fuller

@eddieademi 3 жыл бұрын

@@gktde9874 that reminds me of what Rick Wakeman once said about that

@andriealinsangao613 2 жыл бұрын

@@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!

@awaken77 9 ай бұрын

@@andriealinsangao613 a famous joke from Mr Rick Wakeman! man got sense of humour

@aliensporebomb 14 жыл бұрын

Great B3 and Moog playing. Always liked Don's playing from back in the day of Colloseum II with Gary Moore.

@free_electron 14 жыл бұрын

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.

@knust2329 5 жыл бұрын

His synth stuff reminds me of his stint with Colosseum II.

@rikunevalainen8154 5 жыл бұрын

I learned a lot ! Thank you !

@friedrichkertoja 3 жыл бұрын

I just love this👌👍Thank s a lot Don.. 😀👍

@Rhino1277HotRails 7 жыл бұрын

I miss Jon so much. but I love Don too

@wheelie63 5 жыл бұрын

yup. feel the same.

@bobfreeburg4706 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@snoolee7950 3 жыл бұрын

@@bobfreeburg4706 yes

@yamitanomura 14 жыл бұрын

Really great sound... !

@keeper7keys2003 10 жыл бұрын

7:32 He's a Star Wars fan for sure! Me too :)

@user-do9hg6qe4m 3 жыл бұрын

Don is a one of perfect keyboardists

@bobrobertson9547 8 жыл бұрын

He's also a bloody nice bloke.

@tieukhavu8832 4 жыл бұрын

He is it defenitely

@timmytube69 11 жыл бұрын

Don is one helluva player!

@stlflyguy 12 жыл бұрын

@Hammondm100 Yeah, I was thinking the same thing after about 6:40...it sounded very Keith Emerson--loved it!

@zeldawennstrom5558 3 жыл бұрын

THIS IS AMAZING!!!!!!

@MrArchie800 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@metalman68899 5 жыл бұрын

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)

@edcollins9377 5 жыл бұрын

Don Airey is the king!

@Johnnysynth 8 жыл бұрын

6:44-6:48 sounds like the buildup section of Keith's (Brubeck's) 'Rondo'.

@jamalmohamed6592 7 жыл бұрын

carry on Don you are the greatest now

@GiacomoMilazzo 6 жыл бұрын

Let me say. Here Don sounds belong more to Keith Emerson than Jon Lord :-)

@buddhagautama673 4 жыл бұрын

Tarkus! please!

@snoolee7950 3 жыл бұрын

ah so nice

@CharliesHammondOrganvideos 3 жыл бұрын

That Hammond is deadly!

@andriealinsangao613 4 күн бұрын

Oh, yes!

@fedreserveistreason 5 жыл бұрын

my god I love that mini moog

@pumpkinking5174 4 жыл бұрын

A top bloke for sure

@dannyhammondorgan 13 жыл бұрын

@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!

@9dominion 8 жыл бұрын

Brilliant.

@WhoresOfBabylon 8 жыл бұрын

Don Airey, he da man ! . . . . . . Long Live Rock`n`Roll

@kthulu 14 жыл бұрын

@RoadhouseRocks pretty sure its a swell (volume) pedal for the Hammond.

@mdrigrs 8 жыл бұрын

6:55 Don's 'Right Arm Overture'

@PeterChunmusic 14 жыл бұрын

wow very unique with the ring modulator.

@RudyRisingWt 9 жыл бұрын

This man is a MASTER!!! R2D2 :D

@Rhino1277HotRails 7 жыл бұрын

why does this guy not get the credit he truly deserves? fuck the critics

@TheJohnGway 7 жыл бұрын

What do you mean? Don Airey has been touring the world in one of the most renown rock bands of all time.

@Rhino1277HotRails 7 жыл бұрын

roger that

@cowboytonydee 14 жыл бұрын

Nice picture on the laptop at 7:10

@heitormorgado 3 жыл бұрын

"The most important thing about Deep Purple is the Hammond."

@tieukhavu8832 3 жыл бұрын

Without Jons Hammond Monster, Deep Purple were not, where they are today.

@mariorapisarda2155 Жыл бұрын

Jon Lord.......grande Maestro

@VALLEPINS 10 жыл бұрын

Small venue to a great Deep Purple

@giorgioambrosio7875 9 жыл бұрын

DIVINO!

@DarkVelizar 14 жыл бұрын

Every time they play Lazy i get a big smille on my face :D Love that tune! :D

@63mckenzie 5 жыл бұрын

His solo albums are great too.

@retuture6689 5 жыл бұрын

LORD Y AIREY son diferentes pero fantasticos🌹🌷

@MartinRivers26 5 жыл бұрын

There was definitely a nod to Keith Emerson amongst all the Jon Lord stuff. Great old school keyboardist.

@Rhino1277HotRails 7 жыл бұрын

why am I crying now

@chrisstrobel3439 8 жыл бұрын

Monster player for sure

@danedmiston7734 8 жыл бұрын

You must be an ELP fan for I think I heard a bit @ 6:40. I would love this setup.

@ruadeil_zabelin 8 жыл бұрын

+Dan Edmiston Hmm it sounds similar, but I don't hear anything specificly from ELP

@snuppssynthchannel 8 жыл бұрын

+Dan Edmiston Its sounds like acombination of UK and ELP. But Dont Airey got mostly sounds far from them.

@awaken77 8 жыл бұрын

it sounds similar to part from Karn Evil but it isn't

@Johnnysynth 6 жыл бұрын

Sounds like the build up run for 'America'. '

@HonzaLejcko 14 жыл бұрын

Very good hamonds ... :-)

@carmelomaurello 2 жыл бұрын

Unic fantastico

@martinvigo8589 Жыл бұрын

Bien Don.

@StevieRayMatt 13 жыл бұрын

@AgurkTomatGulerod It's the introduction to Lazy he does in live concerts...

@inderneilboseroychowdhury 4 жыл бұрын

I've heard Don in Hamburg and Jon Lord too..

@MrSirMargas 9 жыл бұрын

....kurzweil keyboards were not mentioned and they are his workstations..

@yellowdart6666 9 жыл бұрын

+MrSirMargas those poor swedes never get any credit do they?

@peripheraldevotee94 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@GLENLYNAS 3 жыл бұрын

I agree...not a mention. As a Kurzweil user, I know how fucking good they are

@flaviocinelOficial 8 жыл бұрын

Genial.... Só isso a comentar desse cara

@dannyhammondorgan 14 жыл бұрын

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)

@nielswil 7 жыл бұрын

I thought this was a gear run, but the only thing Don was taking about where the effects and not the whole lot.

@hammondvoodoo9555 4 жыл бұрын

The most interesting question would have been: What's inside the custom Leslies?

@hammondvoodoo9555 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@zoidbergzaphod 12 жыл бұрын

Search colloseum II the scorch Check Don out when he were a young lad.

@rokker101 8 жыл бұрын

RIP Keith Emerson x

@thomasnonsense 13 жыл бұрын

"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.

@retuture6689 5 жыл бұрын

Grande perfect strangers

@belavekerdi 10 жыл бұрын

This is "A ZENE- THE Music"!...

@jsb_music 11 жыл бұрын

Mooooooooog!!!!

@luiaslan 6 жыл бұрын

jsb779 moooooooooogggg

@rokker101 7 жыл бұрын

mmm did I hear a nod to tarkus in this?...correct me if I'm wrong

@HammondB200 13 жыл бұрын

@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.

@thechief011 14 жыл бұрын

@Kingdelfrong i don't think there is a black version of jon lord

@chadowens8565 4 жыл бұрын

Laaaaaayhhhhaaaaazy!

@benharyo 7 жыл бұрын

Saluton to Mr. Airey, his technical skills are totally not inferior to the late great Maestro Jon Lord.

@awaken77 7 жыл бұрын

Don Airey is great player, and prominent contributor to other heavy bands/musicians.

@JPaaa 7 жыл бұрын

Yes. The most Don just lacks that straight forward iron touch Jon had.

@RayyMusik 6 жыл бұрын

Jupitereight ... and that touch of Bach Jon always had.

@progmisterdude444 13 жыл бұрын

Bob pronononced it Moog Rymes with Rogue not MOOOOG But Love Don just saw them In Chicago

@stevel6117 8 жыл бұрын

Hey Don i too havn't had a decent flanger for ages. FTM..

@RayyMusik 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@smitlag 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@marcelcharest4202 8 жыл бұрын

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.

@kissarmy305 14 жыл бұрын

@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 ;) .

@brotsound 9 жыл бұрын

...ok, I take the moog :D

@bigbermbikerchannel572 2 жыл бұрын

เทพคีย์บอร์ด

@nickmulder8436 5 жыл бұрын

There's also a niece little piece of gear for the cameragenderneutralperson: www.dji.com/nl/osmo

@HGHW80 6 жыл бұрын

Great keyboardist after Keith Emerson, Rick Wakeman, Jon Lord and Geoff Downes

@TinManSixtySix 5 жыл бұрын

He's second to none.

@abohsukampret 4 жыл бұрын

I would put Don above Geoff Downes though, I like his sound more.

@fraenkel97 11 жыл бұрын

How is the name/model of the little keybord at 1:57? Thanks

@brandoncallaway5354 5 жыл бұрын

Synthesizer. It Looks Kinda Like A Modern Mini Moog.

@rokker101 8 жыл бұрын

just sounded like a few chords from brain salad surgery and definitely tarkus

@TheGaetanomariadigio 8 жыл бұрын

Moog Voyager is not near to Minimoog D

@chrisstrobel3439 8 жыл бұрын

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.

@awaken77 8 жыл бұрын

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

@klistarf 10 жыл бұрын

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