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Catch …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead’s Jason Reece on 101X
With 101X deejay Toby Ryan temporarily off the air after announcing he’s running for Austin City Council, the station has lined up an impressive array of guest hosts to help fill in.
Night jock Trevin has moved into Ryan’s 2 to 6 pm. slot until after the May 14 election, leaving the 6 to 10 p.m. shift up for grabs. Starting tonight — and continuing through Friday — tune in to catch …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead’s Jason Reece, pictured at right.
“It’ll be a chance for me to play some tracks that aren’t normally heard on 101X,” says Reece, who has been friends with Ryan for a number of years. “Hopefully they’ll give me some leeway.”
Reece, who’s been busy promoting the group’s newly released “Tao of the Dead” CD, says he’s a tad light on radio experience — just a bit of it back in college — but he’s not too worried.
“It’s not that hard, really,” he says. “Basically you just yap about stuff and play music.”
With Ryan’s campaign focused heavily on preserving the local music scene, expect to see Reece and other local musicians campaigning around town for the well-known deejay.
“They’re trying to change the whole downtown landscape,” Reece says about the current council. “Toby just wants to be the voice of the minority.
“Austin’s special. Without live music, it would be like any other city.”
101X program director Lynn Barstow says a number of other local musicians have signed on to appear in the coming weeks, including Jim Ward from Sleepercar, Sparta and At The Drive In; Rise Against’s Zach Blair; and Joe Sib, host of “Complete Control,” the station’s punk-rock program.
Ryan, who is doing behind-the-scenes work right now, will be on hand to help the artists and produce the shows.
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