I can’t remember how/why exactly I ended up watching Deep Purple in 2013. They were playing at Star Theater at Star Vista. I somehow got my hands on a ticket – might’ve been for a press review thing, or it might just have been somebody’s gift or leftover ticket. Either way, I went, and had a pretty good time even though I was alone. I remember thinking that Steve Morse looked like a Death Knight, really badass. I also remember just contemplating what it meant to dedicate a lifetime to music, and how those guys must’ve felt on-stage. It did feel like their legendary, glory days were behind them – that they were kind of just doing a sort of nostalgia tour – but that was really cool, too. I got to see them play Smoke on the Water. Live. That was neat.