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Don Airey

Progressive rock
Progressive rock

Don Airey is a Progressive rock act. Their sound grew out of Vinny Appice, Ozzy and Jon Lord. Those roots explain a lot about how Don Airey arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ian Gillan, Gotthard, The Dead Daisies, Y&T and The Flower Kings, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jon Hiseman, Gary Moore, Ozzy Osbourne and Judas Priest, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around Don Airey, reaching back through Vinny Appice and forward to Andrew Lloyd Webber. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Don AireyVinny AppiceOzzyJon LordAndrew Lloyd WebberJon HisemanGary MooreOzzy OsbourneJudas PriestBlack SabbathJethro TullWhitesnakeIan GillanGotthardThe Dead DaisiesY&TThe Flower KingsUFOAlcatrazzWhitesnake

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Don Airey connections

Don Airey grew out of Vinny Appice, Ozzy and Jon Lord, shares an orbit with Ian Gillan, Gotthard, The Dead Daisies and Y&T, went on to shape Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jon Hiseman, Gary Moore and Ozzy Osbourne. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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