closed, but nothing lasts forever.
Alan: I was walking around As-
bury Park by myself on a hot sum-
mer day about six or seven years
ago, and I knew Bands on a Bud-
get was hosting a live music event.
I stopped in to get out of the heat,
and that was when I met Thomas
Wesley Stern. We hit it off pretty
epically after that show, and I got
introduced to Jesse and Acciden-
tal Seabirds from them. Through
that initial meeting, we have made
many of our closest friends and
musical comrades. It’s been an
amazing ride. We have been wel-
comed into this community and
the Pine Barrens music community
as if we have all been family for
several lifetimes. It’s a magical re-
lationship.
The Porchistas, Jackson Pines
and Accidental Seabirds and their
members have played together a
lot, but have you ever toured and
recorded and released stuff to-
gether and/or do you plan to?
Jesse: We’ve done a few runs to-
gether. New England with The Por-
chistas was fun. Hopefully, we can
do that again sometime. We’ve
Watch a video for“Waddling Fool” by The Porchistas
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