David Ball’s ‘Thinkin’ Problem’ was the shot that propelled his career

David Ball’s ‘Thinkin’ Problem’ was the shot that propelled his career

David Ball didn’t break through on the country music scene until he was 41 years old, but he had been working since childhood for the chance to entertain audiences as a solo artist. Ball was born in 1953 in Rock Hill, South Carolina, but his family moved to Spartanburg when he was a child. It was there that he saw music take shape as his life’s calling. He was born into a musical family; his father was a Baptist minister and his mother was a pia…