The Lamar Chase Band ""Rocks The Blues"! Lamar(King Bee)Chase plays and sings and sings and plays till you surrender Lamar Chase is originally from Oakland, California. He has played with John Lee Hooker, J.J.Malone and members of Santana, Tower of Power, Sly and the Family Stone and many other Bay Area greats. Lamar's musical influences are everyone from Jimi Hendrix to Willy Nelson and everything in between!