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We've been saying for months that 2024 has been absolutely huge for Tim Montana. It's been one thing after another, with each huge milestone seemingly topping the one before. There was that huge date with Creed in September in Bridgeport, Conneticut. You know, the week after he sang the National Anthem at a Pittsburgh Steelers game. He got the gig as the opener for Myles Kennedy's upcoming tour. He was considered for a Grammy Nomination. He was recognized by Billboard Magazine as one of the most-played rock artists of the year. We know, we know. You've heard this before. Hell, we've said this many times before. But Tim Montana has done it again.

Behind hits such as the title track and top-tens "Die Today" and "Devil You Know" and support by, again, relentless touring with bands such as Seether, Creed, Halestorm and Skillet and work with legends such as Dave Grohl of Nirvana and Jerry Cantrell of Alice In Chains, Tim has found himself in an incredible year-end Top 5.

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.

ZZ Top legend and his partner, Tim Montana, give UCR an inside look at the Wise River Club in Montana.

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.

Sometimes it helps to have a few friends in high places. And sometimes that friend commends your work ethic, as Kid Rock recently did to our own Tim Montana.

Tim Montana is the most streamed artist in Montana. Here are a few reasons why.