Band's former manager offers new book Turn it Up!' free to veterans and military personnel

Oct. 20, 1977 is a date that Ron Eckerman has thought about nearly every day for the last 35 years.

Eckerman was tour manager for Lynyrd Skynyrd - at the time, one of the biggest bands in America. On that particular Thursday, the group and their entourage were flying from Greenville, South Carolina to their next concert, scheduled for Baton Rouge, Louisiana.