Rev Mountain bringing Motors, Music and Horny Mike to Lincoln

Two days of hot rods and rock & roll are coming to Lincoln this weekend as Rev Mountain Entertainment presents the Rev Mountain Car and Bike Show, July 26 and 27 at the Lincoln Rodeo Grounds.

Event Promoter Shelby Brookie said the event came about to bring additional attention to Lincoln as a destination and to help the towns economy boom, with an event the locals should appreciate.

"We realized there are a lot of cool cars here; there are a lot of people who love their music, and we figured this would be a really great way to get people to come to the community, spend a little bit of time here and get the whole valley recognized again," she said.

The event kicks off Friday at noon with early registration for Saturday's Car and Bike Show. Entrants can also register on line at rev-mountain.com. The show is expected to draw classic cars, antiques, street rods, muscle cars, motorcycles and rat rods from around Montana and surrounding states.

Things are set to kick into high gear Friday afternoon with a car cruise and photo scavenger hunt through the Upper Blackfoot Valley.

Brookie said the cruise isn't just for show cars or classics.

"If you don't have a classic car, you can jump in. We'll just give you a little sheet of paper and they'll give you directions.," she said. "It's going to be about an hour-long cruise and it will go through the whole valley with stops at Sculpture in the Wild, at the Rodeo Grounds with Horny Mike, and a couple along the way to Clearwater."

Signups run from 4 to 6 p.m., with an entry fee of $5. Participants have to be back and verified by 8 p.m., when the winner will be drawn.

If you're more interested in the music end of things, gates open at 5 p.m. for Friday night's show in the Lincoln Rodeo Arena. Tickets are $25 for a single day or $40 for a two-day pass.

Blue Tattoo, a classic rock band featuring veteran musicians from around the Pacific Northwest, open's the show with a performance at 6 p.m. and RAIL, a legendary metal band that made a name for itself in the Seattle area in the 80's takes the stage at 8 p.m.

Jack Russell's Great White, led by the original lead singer of the 1980's hair band Great White, tops off the evening's performances with a concert starting at 10 p.m. The set will include the Great White classics like "Once Bitten, Twice Shy," as well as music from Russell's solo album "Shelter Me."

"This is the original voice of Great White," Brookie said.

For folks who may be looking to spend the night but can't find a room, camping is available. Visit rev-mountain.com/lodging/ for more information.

Saturday's main event, the Car and Bike Show at the Lincoln Rodeo Grounds, opens to the public at 10 a.m. Free to the public, the show features 18 trophy classes ranging from pre-'49 antiques and classics from the 50's to MOPARs, Fords, GMCs and AMC from the 60s and 70s to, street racers, pickups, motorcycles and even "Works in Progress."

In addition to the cars, "Horny Mike" Henry, an airbrush artist and a creator of custom helmet horns who rose to fame on The History Channel's reality show "Counting Cars," is bringing his "Horny Mike's Road Show" to town.

"He's bringing his whole road show. He's going to be there to shake hands and do autographs, and he'll have a merch booth set up," Brookie said. "His road show is like a spectacle. People want to see it, so he'll be there to liven up the weekend."

She said he's also bringing his drivable picnic table along "It's the craziest thing."

The rock and roll is set to continue Saturday night with Blue Tattoo once again opening the show at 6 p.m., followed at 8 p.m. by Peter Rivera. As the original drummer and lead vocalist for the band Rare Earth from 1961 to 1974, Rivera was the voice behind such hits as "I Just Want to Celebrate" and "Get Ready."

Kalispell-born and Butte-raised Tim Montana caps off the two-day festival Saturday evening at 10 p.m. Montana got his start in 2008 when he appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman, who saw him perform in Choteau where he was noticed by David letterman. Since then he's built a reputation for a hard-hitting blend of music styles described by ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons as "a little bit country with lots of hard rocks."

Although some of the rumored numbers of visitors that have been floating around town seem a little high to Brookie, she said a lot of people who used to come to Lincoln don't seem to have a reason for why they don't come back. She's hoping a lot of them will come up for the weekend and have the effect of bringing both new and familiar faces back to the area.

"My hope is that this is going to bring a lot more classic cars to the valley that have never been here," she said. "They're going to have hopefully an awesome weekend and then they can turn around and say there is this other one happening in Lincoln in the fall.'"