archives OUR AMIGO, DAVID BALL From Spartanburg, to Austin to Nashville With Omnivore releasing the 25th An-
niversary edition of David Ball’s Thinkin’ Problemalbum as well as the reissue of the classic Uncle Walt’s Band album, An Ameri- can in Texas, Kudzoo is proud to reprise an- intertview we did way back in 2001, just after Ball released his album, Amigo and was charting with “Riding with Private Malone.” Please join us for a flashback to eighteen years ago.
•••
Checking in with Our Amigo, David Ball
by Michael Buffalo Smith November 2001
I can remember seeing David Ball,
along with Champ Hood and the late Walter Hyatt as Uncle Walt's Band here in Upstate South Carolina during the seventies. The guys were all great musicians, and in later years I would read of each of their individual suc- cesses. Ball's major success came in the late '90's with his country Top 40 smash, "Thinkin' Problem." Now, David has released a new album, and he did it his way. The re- sults are astounding. "Amigo" is a sure fire hit, and David Ball is on his way to another major hit. We spoke by phone with Ball, a true country gentleman and a top notch tal- ent.
The first thing I wanted to tell you is, I am on all of these discussion lists on the web, like lists dedicated to Lynyrd Skynyrd, Marshall Tucker, The Allman Brothers, etc. Several of them have had thread discussions about your song "Riding with Private Malone." I think you have yourself a hit there. I hope so!
What was it like growing up the son of a Baptist minister? Well, I grew up in a big family, and we didn't gamble and we didn't drink. And we didn't dance a whole lot. Mom listened to music a lot, and I was always free to pursue my inter- est in music and guitar. We went to church
46
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60
