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The location: The USS Nimitz off the coast of Iran during the hostage crisis in 1980. The event: the "Steel Beach Picnic." The band: That's Steve "Space Ghost" Gammill on the left. Can anybody ID the guy on the right?

wow neat photo B.P. !! Wish there was some audio to go with it !!

Looks like a younger drag race guy 2 me.

BP? Izzat U???

Yeah, believe it or not... We did two originals I wrote... one was called Harpoon Missile (the biggest threat to us at the time). I can't remember the other... it was a lot of fun. The dude on the far left (hollerin' support) could do Robert Plant covers like nobody's business. On a ship with 6,000 guys on it, there were several listenable cover bands. That guy and his pals did some great Zeppelin. bp

Great stuff Bill!
I knew there were many escapades before your Capt. Pylon days!!!!
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Cool Pic, BP.....Even in the Pursian Gulf, You Da MAN!!!!

That was a solid five plus months at sea without a port visit... longest since WW2. Man, I am NEVER going that long without seeing a pretty girl again! (Several years later, I went to sea for two weeks while training some sailors on their telecommunications system. When we pulled back into San Diego, I was practically hanging out of the cab window looking at all the gals!) bp

LOL......What??.....You don't like being cooped up with a bunchcha guys for extended periods of time????.............hmmm...now that ya mention it.....I don't believe "I" would care too much for that either ........