The Back 40 Band - Jason

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Jason Ballard Lead singer/acoustic My dad bought me a guitar when i was in 2nd grade and i can remember taking it to music class and singing "Johnny Be Goode"(Ha i only knew like 3 chords) I seriously started playing and singing about 8 yrs ago. In college, I would play for smaller crowds whether it be sitting around a fire in college or on the tail gate of a pick up truck in the middle of a field, we always had a blast. After college, I really started playing a lot by myself and after a year or so the whole band thing kept popping in my head. So, I finally got a couple guys to start playing along with me and it blew up from there. They were just as hungry as I was for playing music. Since we've started at the beginning of 06' we've played close to 300 shows.

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Maddie and Brewer Renee and her 2 kids were so lucky to be able to go on a trip a couple months back to Pensecola FL and stay for nearly a week.. I had to work and sing so i couldn't go. I wanted to share with ya'll 2 children that will always be a HUGE part of my life. This is Maddie and Brewer on the beach posing for the camera. "future band members" ha Maddie likes making up songs, dancing and singing. Brewer loves beating on just about anything pretending there drums. he has very good rythm to be so young. They both are loving the new Kid Rock song "All Summer Long" and to be 3 Brewer knows and can sing every word of it. p.s. their sweetness comes from me.. I'm miss them now that i don't get see them anymore!!! Jul 30, 2008 \| 0 comments Jake! He's growing . He's almost 6 months old. Looking good. He's going to be huge. Jul 24, 2008 \| 0 comments Feed "Jake" Hey check out my little buddy. he's a 5 wk old american bulldog.. haven't really decided on "Jake" or "Jack" yet.. Let me know what you think.. Jason Apr 3, 2008 \| 1 comment Delta Magazine Hey we got a small mention in Delta Magazine.. a friend of mine just sent it to me.. Thats cool.. Go Delta Magazine.. Its talking about some guy that grew up in the area playin music at the 308 club in Indianola. "Durham often performs at 308 Blues Club, which provides a great atmosphere for soaking in the best of the Delta sound. Host to performances by well-known artists Bill Abel, The Bailey Brothers, Daddy Rich and The Back 40 Band, among others, the darkness of the club, with its scattered tables and chairs, allows visitors to sit catatonic as gritty rhythms burst forth from the stage. A full-service bar, christened the club’s “Well of Perfection,” serves up cocktails, beer and other beverages. " (Delta Magazine) 'Woo hoo!! Mar 6, 2008 \| 0 comments Thomastown MS Hey, i can go on our bandzoogle account and see where our site "hits" come from.. Just wondering who checks us out in Thomastown.... A lot of my family is from there and i was just wondering who ya were... All my dad's side of the family is from there.. some are still alive.. "The Ballard's" .. shoot me an email if you know any of them.. Thanks, Jason.. We need to come and play for the Thomas Town Day festival.. I remember going when i was little.. Mar 4, 2008 \| 0 comments Feedback! Hey guys just sitting here at work trying to think of ways to better Back40.. tell me ...what is it that you want to see from us?.. i see a lot of the same faces every weekend no matter where we are.. (Thanks by the way) We are trying to make it big just like every other band in the world and we just need to know what we're lacking.. we gotta look good for CMT now. ha ha.. Just wait.. it might not be too long before you're flipping thru the channels and get to CMT top 20 countdown and find us on there.. okay okay wishful thinking.. anyway.. just think on it and hit me up at work.. my email is jballard@vikingrange.com . Thanks, Jason w/ Back40 Feb 12, 2008 \| 0 comments Fire!!!! we had a blast this weekend at Fire in Jackson MS. we opened for Crossin Dixon again and once again had a blast. In case you don't know who they are they have a couple songs out on the radio .. one is "Make You Mine" the other is "Guitar Slinger" their website is www.crossindixon.com .. anyways I cant think of any other way that i'd want to spend my saturday night.. it was so many people in there.. the damn stage was in the middle of the room and there were 3 different bars surrounding it.. we can't wait to go back.. jason Feb 4, 2008 \| 0 comments deer deer deer ! went hunting this past weekend..... wore them out. ha. killed an 8 pt saturday morning and sunday i killed a 9 pt. that was my birthday buck. Hell of a birthday.... i tell ya.. heres one and the big one is my dad's deer. . Dec 17, 2007 \| 0 comments Destin we went to Destin this weekend to play for a wedding. we left thursday at 6:30 pm that afternoon and finally got to Destin about 4:00 am Friday morning. It was fun though. we played the rehearsal dinner that night which was fun. it was right on the beach over looking the water. Our condo was freakin awesome. it was 3 stories. we had a jacuzzi in our room. the condo just like ours next door was for sale for like 475,000 if that tells you anything. ha Saturday was the wedding and it was nice too. right on the beach. literally. tux's and barefooted was the style. ha John andy went and sat in with some band at a bar later that night and they didn't want him to sit down. they were amazed. Even the owner came and asked.. "if you're this good how's the rest of your band"? ha anyways had fun. ready to go back Nov 13, 2007 \| 0 comments All Posts Recent Posts July 2008 (2) April 2008 (1) March 2008 (2) February 2008 (2) December 2007 (1) November 2007 (1)