Frankie Ballard

Frankie Ballard (born in Battle Creek, Michigan) is an American country music singer
After winning Kenny Chesney's Next Big Star competition for Michigan in 2008, Ballard also opened shows for Chesney at Michigan venues
Ballard got his start singing Elvis songs with his dad at the age of five and jokes that he shot his first music video in the family basement when he was seven
Obsessed with baseball and intent on becoming a professional athlete, Ballard didn’t learn to play guitar until he was 18, but once he did, he locked himself in his room for hours a day to master the instrument
He began playing in blues bands, juggling weeknight gigs with his weekend college baseball commitments