David Jameson, a former corporate consultant turned songwriter, today self-released his country noir debut album Tall Dark Pines which touches on different aspects of inspiration found through the varied and impactful chapters of Jameson’s life.

Even a wildly experienced songwriter and traveler like David Jameson needs to tap into outside inspiration from time to time, and on his brand new single, “Ballin’ the Jack,” it was a conversation with his long-haul truck-driving uncle that lit the spark. Taking the form of an out-of-control semi-truck—both lyrically and musically—“Ballin’ the Jack” uses imagery lifted directly from that conversation to tell a tale of a person living out of control.