Billy Gibbons + Tim Montana Announce Co-Ownership of Restaurant

When Tim Montana joined our radio present, Loudwire Nights, final 12 months, he instructed the viewers about how he and Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top turned mates.

“I had this dumb idea called ‘This Beard Came Here to Party’ and a friend of a friend got it to a guy with this little band from Texas called ZZ Top,” Montana defined to Loudwire Nights host Chuck Armstrong.

“I got the call that Billy Gibbons is in town. He rolled in and said, ‘I like this song,’ so he came in the studio and we finished it.”

That music ended up changing into the unofficial anthem for the 2013 Boston Red Sox and Gibbons and Montana wound up on the duvet of USA Today, cementing their friendship for the world to see.

“He’s become like my rock and roll dad I never had,” Montana admitted throughout that 2023 dialog.

Listen to Tim Montana on Loudwire Nights — Aug. 30, 2023

Earlier this 12 months, Montana joined Loudwire Nights once more and he revealed simply how shut of mates he and Gibbons had turn out to be: The two artists joined forces and purchased a bar in Montana referred to as the Wise River Club.

“Evel Knievel used to get drunk there and try to ride the pet elk at the bar,” Montana defined, moments earlier than Gibbons crashed the interview (for those who do not imagine us, watch the Instagram video beneath). “Some guy came down and brought me a sign that Evel signed for the bar years ago that said, ‘To all the gang at the Wise River Club’ … and we’re finding old photos from the early 1900s. Having Billy involved, he’s setting up all kinds of cool rock and roll memorabilia. There are posters everywhere.”

What was one small half of the dialog on Loudwire Nights has now turn out to be an official declaration as Montana and Gibbons launched a press release on Monday, March 4, detailing their co-ownership of the Wise River Club.

“Our aim is to give WRC patrons a true Montana experience with lodging, food, drink and music,” Montana mentioned within the press launch. “It’s a place where guests can let their hair down and enjoy everything the Big Sky Country has to offer.”

Montana’s rock and roll dad added, “Tim and I have both played in quite a few honkytonks over the years so it’s high time to ensure Wise River Club’s place of history. The entire club is something quite special and now the welcome mat has been definitively deployed. The Wise River vibe is perfect to share with the rest of the world.”

You can be taught extra in regards to the Wise River Club right here and preserve your ears peeled to Loudwire Nights as a result of Montana has promised us his debut rock file will come out this 12 months, too.

Produced by Micah Wilshire and blended by Josh Wilbur, the upcoming file has Montana excited, to say the least.

“The creative freedom in this genre is so much more than it was [in country],” he instructed Chuck throughout their January 2024 interview.

“There, you had to write songs about certain things. Over here, it’s like you can put a rock album on and it’s just so broad. I’m excited for the creative freedom to do this stuff and write the songs I want to write.”