Billy Gibbons + Tim Montana Announce Co-Ownership of Restaurant

When Tim Montana joined our radio present, Loudwire Nights, final yr, he instructed the viewers about how he and Billy Gibbons of ZZ High turned buddies.

“I had this dumb thought known as ‘This Beard Got here Right here to Celebration’ and a buddy of a buddy bought it to a man with this little band from Texas known as ZZ High,” Montana defined to Loudwire Nights host Chuck Armstrong.

“I bought the decision that Billy Gibbons is on the town. He rolled in and stated, ‘I like this track,’ so he got here within the studio and we completed it.”

That track ended up turning into the unofficial anthem for the 2013 Boston Pink Sox and Gibbons and Montana wound up on the quilt of USA In the present day, cementing their friendship for the world to see.

“He is turn out to be like my rock and roll dad I by no means had,” Montana admitted throughout that 2023 dialog.

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

Earlier this yr, Montana joined Loudwire Nights once more and he revealed simply how shut of buddies he and Gibbons had turn out to be: The 2 artists joined forces and acquired a bar in Montana known as the Smart River Membership.

“Evel Knievel used to get drunk there and attempt to journey the pet elk on the bar,” Montana defined, moments earlier than Gibbons crashed the interview (for those who do not imagine us, watch the Instagram video under). “Some man got here down and introduced me an indication that Evel signed for the bar years in the past that stated, ‘To all of the gang on the Smart River Membership’ … and we’re discovering outdated photographs from the early 1900s. Having Billy concerned, he is organising every kind of cool rock and roll memorabilia. There are posters in all places.”

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

“Our purpose is to present WRC patrons a real Montana expertise with lodging, meals, drink and music,” Montana stated within the press launch. “It is a spot the place visitors can let their hair down and revel in every part the Huge Sky Nation has to supply.”

Montana’s rock and roll dad added, “Tim and I’ve each performed in fairly a number of honkytonks over time so it is excessive time to make sure Smart River Membership’s place of historical past. The complete membership is one thing fairly particular and now the welcome mat has been definitively deployed. The Smart River vibe is ideal to share with the remainder of the world.”

You possibly can be taught extra in regards to the Smart River Membership right here and hold your ears peeled to Loudwire Nights as a result of Montana has promised us his debut rock document will come out this yr, too.

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

“The inventive freedom on this style is a lot greater than it was [in country],” he instructed Chuck throughout their January 2024 interview.

“There, you needed to write songs about sure issues. Over right here, it is like you’ll be able to put a rock album on and it is simply so broad. I am excited for the inventive freedom to do that stuff and write the songs I need to write.”