Runaway Freight

Matt Ford and Chris Smith were both looking to start a band and began attending a local jam together on Tuesday nights. Justin Ford, Matt's younger brother, also attended. On one of the Tuesday night jam sessions, they met a character by the name of Samuel "Lou" Morgan and began to play a bi-monthly show regularly at Allen's Market in Lebanon Tennessee. After a few months, in December of 2003, they decided to officailly start a band. Carrie Haycraft was also on board. They recorded their first CD project in February and March of 2004 which they sold at their shows and the bookings started coming in. In 2005, Carrie decided to leave the group and Matt, Chris, Justin, and Lou went back into the studio and recorded another CD entitled "Traveling On" and released it to various Internet Radio streams. They received positive reactions from DJ's worldwide and in August of 2006 they declared professional status. In 2007, Runaway Freight recorded an all-gospel CD entitled "Welcome Aboard" at Tom T. Hall's studio in Franklin TN which was released in December of 2007. In March of 2008, the title cut "Welcome Aboard" was released on Primecuts of Bluegrass and received great reviews from bluegrass media outlets and radio disc jockeys alike. In November of 2008. Runaway Freight recorded their fourth CD entitled "Hillbilly Bailout - The Recession Tapes" at C&C Recording Studio in Eagleville TN and was released on March 6th of 2009 and is their latest recording project. Runaway Freight is an energetic, fun-loving, and entertaining bluegrass band full of surprizes - you never know what they will 'pull out of the hat' at their shows, but it's guaranteed to be a fun time to those of all ages.

College Grove, TN