Billy Gibbons

Tim Montana is being considered for Grammy nomination in not one, but three categories, Best New Artist, Best Rock Song Performance for "Devil You Know" and Best Rock Album for "Savage".

You certainly cannot say that Tim Montana has not worked hard over the course of his career. I got to know Tim back when he was pushing his first single, "Butte, America" way back in 2007 and he was working hard then as he came to our radio stations personally and convinced us to give the song a few spins on the local airwaves. He had recently returned from school in California where he had studied under the legendary Johnny Hiland, which while impressive, was just the tip of the iceberg.

We can definitely chalk this one up in our weird and kinda creepy category. According to a recent post in the Butte 411 Facebook group, a man with an axe showed up at the Wise River Club late Tuesday night and attempted to gain entry into the cafe and bar area. But what makes this stand out is that the dude was carrying an axe.

Billy Gibbons talks about how ZZ Top's iconic beards began.

ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons and Tim Montana announced details on their co-ownership of the Wise River Club, an historic bar and hotel in Montana.

Tim Montana discusses "Devil You Know," what fans can expect from his first rock record and what it's been like owning a bar with ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons.

Who else was mentioned in the discussion and who would you pick?

Even for a guy who has a "Late Show with David Letterman" appearance and Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top in his contacts list, this one is pretty cool. Butte, America's own Tim Montana has taken his latest song, "Devil You Know" into the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.

Well, it seems that the local rumor mill has been running full speed for a couple of months now about the Wise River Club and it's change of ownership. And in Butte and Southwest Montana, the rumor mill sometimes runs consecutive 8 hour shifts around the clock. Here at the radio ranch, we get mostly questions rather than answers. "Did you hear that the Wise River Club was sold? Did you hear who bought it?" We get a lot of that. We also get a few educated guesses that are passed off as fact which also helps lead to the maelstrom of misinformation that inevitably ensues. We're also getting a lot of that.

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