From The Desk Of The Jescos’ James Jackson Toth And Timothy Bracy: Cigars

Given MAGNET’s detailed coverage of the end of the Mendoza Line—a beloved, ragtag countrypolitan bar band that went up in flames in 2007—it only seems fitting that we have plenty of access to the formation of the Jescos, the new group featuring the Mendoza Line’s Timothy Bracy and Wooden Wand’s James Jackson Toth, as well as Bracy’s wife, singer Elizabeth Nelson. Bracy has found his rambling pub-rock foil in Toth on the forthcoming Remembrance Of Things Trashed, a debut album that guts it out for rock ‘n’ roll glory. Read our Q&A with Toth and Bracy.

James Jackson Toth: I worked a vending route several years ago in the company of a cigar smoker and, through the magic of peer pressure, became a fan of the occasional cigar. (Despite, to this day, never having once even tried a cigarette.) Someone once said, “When man discovers the secret of life, he’ll do it with a cigar in his hand.” That’s a great quote, and one I’m inclined to agree with. My favorites are Montecristos, Ashtons and Padrons. Don’t buy cheap ones.