![]() ![]() I was born and raised here, and I love the security and peacefulness of a small country town.” “We don’t have any crime problems to amount to anything,” Davis said, “just petty crimes. He describes Trimble as a quiet, peaceful, friendly little town. ![]() James Davis has served as mayor of the sleepy little town of Trimble since 2003 and plans to run again when his term expires in November. Now the Full Throttle Saloon is a household name, thanks in part to the TruTV reality show, which has been on the air for five years, and Ballard plans to do the same with the Full Throttle S’loonshine, an authentic Tennessee moonshine distillery in Trimble.ĭespite a few misgivings from teetotalers, the residents of Trimble have welcomed him back. “When I first saw the site, cows grazed there, but that’s where I wanted to open this bar,” Ballard said. His first step, which was a huge one, was building the world’s largest biker bar - the Full Throttle Saloon in Sturgis, South Dakota. From that point on, Ballard wanted to be in the liquor business. “It’s all in a good time” is what Ralph, his uncle, told him. ![]() “They would go from being normal to getting real happy, then loud, then they might dance. “It was amazing what drinking did to them,” Ballard said. 1 customer and told Lewis to “leave that boy alone.”īecause of his mischief, Ballard was called “Little Al Capone.” He came and watched older people come into the bar, sit down with friends and start drinking. The owner of the bar, Lewis Drummond, sometimes wanted to kick him out because he was so young, but Ballard’s uncle, Ralph Alford, was the bar’s No. This is where his interest in liquor started. At the age of 12, Ballard was sneaking into the back of the café. She admits, though, that her son was “full of life.”Įverybody within four counties used to come to Trimble to visit the Silver Dollar Café. “It was a great place to raise kids,” said his mother, Miss Ruby. ![]() Last year he married Angie Carlson, who is on the TruTV show with him, and they have a 10-week-old baby, Emily Grace Lynn.īallard grew up and went to school in Trimble. Like many people, Michael Ballard had to leave the small West Tennessee town of Trimble to earn a living, but he has returned to his hometown to build a moonshine distillery - and much more.īallard, the 49-year-old star of the popular TruTV “Full Throttle” reality show, is a native of Trimble, population 632, in Dyer County. ![]()
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