insert_link Classic Hits Ronnie Van Zant and Lynyrd Skynyrd Ronnie Van Zant died in the fiery Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash in 1977. What people don’t know is that he’s wearing a Neil Young T-Shirt underneath the dress shirt in his coffin. Waylon Jennings played bass in 1959 for up and coming rock star Buddy Holly. That fateful night in February, they tossed a coin to see who would get the seat on the plane, which would drive on the […] todayJuly 26, 2016