On the 13th of June 2008, the Road Runners Band held a reunion concert in conjunction with the Fireman's Ball in Savanna, Illinois. There were over 2,000 people in the crowd that came to see this good old time rock and roll event with the Road Runners Band! Our webmaster took a lot of photos of the guys and created a screensaver that you can download and use on your computer for FREE! Click here to go to the download page.

An interview and World Premier was on WCCI Radio Friday 3/28 @ 11:40 a.m newest song, Fat Jack's Jones. You can hear a sample the song and purchase a download by clicking here. How a song is created... For a musician on the road doing 5 & 6-nighters, life is an unbroken stream of play, eat, sleep, rehearse, eat, play, drive, eat . . . you get the picture. As a result, the uniqueness and quality (or lack thereof) of the food experience becomes a significant piece of having a home on the road. Finding home-cooked flavors was always top-shelf. Gary and I worked on the road for awhile with one guy who turned out to not like any of the restaurant meals he shared with us, usually complaining to the server enough that he was not charged for them. I used to think he was just being cheap, but it occurs to me now that he may well have been looking for home at every one of those meals, and not finding it, could only react by acting a bit childish. He left the group after a couple of months, to go home of course. The rare occasion for us to actually prepare a meal on the road was both heartening and inspiring, often giving rise to one-of-a-kind recipes and certainly birthing more than a few amateur chefs who learn to love the creative outlet that the kitchen offers. No stranger at all to my own kitchen, I've often commented to my wife that ad-libbing a recipe is much like jamming on stage - if you know enough parts that are tasty together, and put them in the right order and quantity, you just might get a dish as alluring and satisfying as a memorable tune. Sooooo . . . memorable food for a road player will always be that - and when memorable food is encountered later in life it can be no less inspiring. Such is the case with this little ditty: Having for the past several years regularly stocked my pantry with a special BBQ sauce made in Savanna, I found myself one evening, after emptying the last jar of my stash, in a real funk - knowing I'd have to go without until I could get replenished. I turned to my wife and said, "Babe, I'm out - I'm gonna have a Fat Jack's Jones" . . . J Mason

This is the official site of the Road Runners Band of Savanna, Illinois with Road Runners Music. We have tried to gather much of the Road Runners music, historical information and photographs from the early days when the Road Runners Band first started up to present. This is the place to come and listen to some of the good old rock and roll music they played and watch this rock and roll band perform in the videos we have for free downloading. The Road Runners Band performs everything from good old Rock and Roll, to the Beatles and Blues. We will add to the collection of Road Runners music as new songs are recorded and new photos are found in the fans archives. So if you are a fan of the Road Runners Band, take advantage of the free music downloads and our trip back into the past.