Born on 5 January 1985 in Kalispell, Montana, multi-talented US singer-songwriter, guitarist, and TV star Tim Montana (born January 5, 1985) grew up in an off-grid trailer in Butte, Montana and famously taught himself to play guitar by candelight. In 2003, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a music career and was encouraged by guitarist and producer Johnny Hiland to record his debut album Iron Horse four years later. After assembling the Shrednecks with guitarist Kyle Rife, drummer Brian Wolff, and bassist Bryce Paul, he fortuitously crossed paths with ZZ Top founder Ben Gibbons with whom he formed a songwriting partnership. In 2013, the pair recorded "This Beard Came Here to Party," which gained prominence as an anthem of the Boxton Red Sox, while a handful of other tracks were also released by the duo. He put out an album called Tim Montana and the Shrednecks in 2016, which featured contributions from Ben Gibbons on four tracks. American Thread arrived in 2020, followed by Reno in 2022. Also in 2022, Tim Montana signed with Music Knox Records/BBR Music Group (the latter being part of BMG Rights Management) and released Long Shots, which was produced by Michael Knox. The following year, he scored his first chart victory with "Devil You Know," which went to number 31 on the US Mainstream Rock chart.