Kerry Chater, the bassist and co-founder of ’60s hitmakers Gary Puckett & the Union Gap who went on to score multiple country hits and a Grammy nom as a songwriter, has died. He was 77.

Kerry Chater, the bassist and co-founder of ’60s hitmakers Gary Puckett & the Union Gap who went on to score multiple country hits and a Grammy nom as a songwriter, has died. He was 77. Local ...

Jeri & the Jerritones featured singer/bassist Kerry Chater (later of the Outcasts, which evolved into Gary Puckett & the Union Gap), Danny Weis and Doug Ingle (both later of Iron Butterfly), Jeri ...