LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES – OCTOBER 20, 2018…TRAGEDY ON THIS DATE IN 1977. LYNYRD SKYNYRD’S CHARTERED PLANE RAN OUT OF FUEL ON THE WAY TO A SHOW IN LOUISIANA. THE CRASH KILLED RONNIE VAN ZANT, STEVE GAINES, STEVE’S SISTER BACK UP SINGER CASSIE GAINES, AS WELL AS THE BAND’S ROAD MANAGER, AND THE PILOT AND CO-PILOT. TWENTY OTHERS SURVIVED THE CRASH.