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Meet the boys in the band.
Too Tall String Band has been together since 1984, but some of the players have changed. Here's the current scorecard.
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Rod Driscoll
Rod Driscoll teaches psychology, economics and participation in government at the AuSable Valley High School, where he regularly tortures his students with sing a longs in class. He is also a current member and president of the Peru Central School Board of Education.He performs on the hammered and lap dulcimers, guitar, banjo, mandolin, bodran and bass. Rod sings lead and backup vocals. He has been active as a performer and promoter of folk music in the Adirondacks of New York for the last 25 years. Rod has performed with the Old Mountain and Friends Union String Bands as well as many solo appearances over the years. As a promoter of music in the North Country, he helped start the Plattsburgh Concerts in the Park series, started the Peru Coffeehouse series and organized many other benefit concerts over the years such as the concert to aid victims of the great North Country ice storm of 1998.
Rod builds the dulcimers he plays at his workshop “O’Driscoll Folk Instruments” located at his home in Peru, NY. (odriscollmusic.com)
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Bruce Lawson
Bruce Lawson is the band's bass player and as our "country music specialist" takes the lead when the band performs the other two major types of music: country and western. He has a wealth of experience in the music field as a performer, producer and studio owner/operator. Bruce is the Sales Manager for WPTZ and WNNE television, the NBC stations for the Burlington-Plattsburgh market. He also performs as part of the acoustic duo "Crossing North".
www.crossingnorth.com
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Hap Wheeler
Hap Wheeler is the computer network manager at Plattsburgh State University. He performs on banjo, mandolin, and guitar. Hap is also a songwriter who likes to poke fun at yuppie life, computer life and life in general. He performs many of his original compositions with the band.Hap is an avid fly fisherman and naturalist. He is very active in Trout Unlimited and has done many presentations promoting fishing and preservation of habitat in the Adirondacks. His hand tied flies are works of art. Hap also has an extensive jackknife and tool collection (the running joke is that he pretty much has two of anything ever made).
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Al Reisman-Still In the Band, Retired From Performing
Al Reisman retired from full-time teaching of science in the Malone City School District a few years ago. He stayed active in the teaching profession as a consultant for the New York State Education department. Until recently, Al was the featured presenter of the “Astronomy Road Show”, teaching students throughout northern New York about the stars and constellations using a portable planetarium bubble.
He recently retired from active performances with the band. We miss having him perform with us on the accordion, guitar and banjo.
Al is quite the "Renaissance Man". Besides his astronomy and science interests, he built his own stone masonary sided house and does his own maple sugaring on his 175 acre property in Ellenburgh, NY. Al was instrumental in refurbishing the Ellenburgh Town Hall Theatre and continues to help out with the concert series held there each year.
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