The affected nerve in piriformis syndrome is the sciatic nerve. Collectively the tibial and common fibular nerve makes up the general term sciatic nerve. Since the sciatic nerve is so close to the piriformis it is acknowledged that the muscle plays a role in irritating the nerve.
They named the band Lynard Skynyrd after. Leonard Skinner, a disliked gym teacher / coach some of the members had in high school. Skinner later moved on to selling Real Estate in Jacksonville Florida.
But one of the most remarkable plane crash tragedies is the one that took the lives of Ronnie Van Zant, lead singer of Lynyrd Skynyrd, and two other later Lynyrd Skynyrd original members, guitarist Steve Gaines and his sister, vocalist Cassie Gaines, in 1977.