Bill McNeill - Fred Krebs
- Bud Molinari - John Dahl - Larry Warner - Courtesy of Dave Gilbaugh
Aesop
and The Fables
Portland,
Oregon
1963
- 1966
Members
David
Burt ~
John
Dahl ~ Bass
Fred
Krebs ~ Guitar
Orsia
Lubinsji ~
Bill
McNeill ~ Drums
Vincent
"Bud" Molinari ~ Vocals
Pierre
"Pete" Ouellette ~ Guitar
Daryl
Partlow ~ Lead Guitar
Larry
Warner ~ Keyboards
In
Memory of
Vincent
Molinari
Listen
to them on YouTube
"You'll
Be My Pride"
"Grass"
"I'm
a Hog for You Baby"
"It's
Gonna Work Out Fine"
Bill
McNeill, Fred Krebs, John Dahl, Vincent (Bud) Molinari, and Larry
Warner
about 1963
In the
late
50’s Bud played with “The Highlanders”, a Kingston Trio cover
band.
From 1961 to 1963 he was lead singer with “The Deltas”. They
changed
their name to “Aesop and the Fables” in 1963. Also in the band
were
Bill McNeil on his mother’s Hammond B3, and John Dahl on bass.
Bud
passed away in September of 2004.
Stew Dodge, Stew
Dodge Sound, October 2005
In 1963, The
Deltas
changed their name to Aesop and the Fables. Members were:
Pierre
(Pete) Ouellette, lead guitar, Larry Warner, keyboards, John Dahl,
bass,
Bill McNeill, drums, and Vincent (Bud) Molinari, lead vocals. Bud
left the group shortly before our recording session in Seattle was
scheduled
in the fall of 1966. We recorded "Grass" and "You'll be my Pride"
later in 1966 in Seattle. I sang the lead on "You'll Be My Pride"
and Larry and I sang the backups when we completed the recording.
"Grass"
was an instrumental; Pierre wrote both songs.
We were all in
college
(John and I at Lewis & Clark, and Pierre and Larry at Portland
State),
so the group disbanded soon after that. Pierre and I stayed in
touch
and played a few gigs together in Portland in the next couple of years.
Bill
McNeill,
Pittsburgh, PA, September, 2006
Opening for
TheBeach Boys
at the Portland Memorial Coliseum |
Opening for
TheBeach Boys
at the Portland Memorial Coliseum |
June 1964 |
 |
My father, Larry Warner, was in a band
called
Aesop and the Fables (previously called the Deltas). Pierre
Ouellette, who went on to play with Paul Revere and the Raiders, was
the
guitar player.
My father recently sent me these
pictures
(above & below), and I thought you might want to add them to your
website.
Two of the photos are of when they
opened
for the Beach Boys at the Portland Memorial Coliseum.
Michelle Kohler, December 2013
