[Free in Texas]

I saw Hughes with Deep Purple. He’s a badass. But I saw him with Trapeze twice before DP picked him up. The guy is an unbelievable bassist and vocalist. And nothing beats live.

[Olog-hai]

Trapeze; that goes back a while. Their drummer was Dave Holland, who later went to Judas Priest; he had kind of an ignominious end.

[DoodleBob]

When I saw him in 2018, he was playing "the Deep Purple songs you won't hear live anymore" (basically from his era). His band was hot and he was outstanding as a frontman...not arrogant, but he had swagger.

But what really gripped me was how, unprovoked, he spoke humbly yet proudly of his gaining American citizenship. He wasn't bragging but (thankfully) he also didn't trash the nation or Trump or guns or anything. It was simply something that he considered important to share with the crowd, almost as a way of saying "I'm one of you guys now, thank you" in a very pleasant yet powerful way. And, to be truthful, we all cheered and "showed him some love back." I've never experienced that sort of thing at a rock concert...mega props to Glenn.