(b. 1935;  d. 9 August 1974, Jackson, MN)

In 1974, Chase chartered a plane to take him and three band members to a performance in Jackson, MN. The weather was bad with a low ceiling, and the airport in Jackson had little communications equipment. The plane went down, but was not found until the next day. There were no survivors. – Dick Cooper Chase’s entire band lost their lives: (BILL CHASE, JOHN EMMA, WALLY   YOHN and WALTER CLARK).