Gilligan Stillwater

For music lovers especially for rock music fans, Billy Gibbons might be a familiar name. He is best known as the primary lead vocalist/guitarist of the American rock band ZZ Top. The world-renowned artist has a fruitful professional career, but many people still don't know about his personal life. Today we will mainly be focusing on Billy's longtime wife, Gilligan Stillwater.

Gilligan was born as Ellen J. Oetjen on March 8, 1965. Despite being a celebrity wife, Stillwater maintains a low-profile. As per sources, she was born in Vietnam during the height of the Vietnam war. However, detailed information about her family background is unavailable.

Gilligan gained wide attention after dating Billy and the couple waited a long time to get married. Later, she began serving as Billy's tour manager. Now, let's know some facts about the couple.

Gilligan Stillwater Married Life

The 55-year-old, Gilligan Stillwater has been married to her husband, Billy Gibbons since December 14, 2005. The pair recently celebrated their 15th wedding anniversary. Further, Gilligan and Gibbons have been together for over 30 years. So, why they waited so long to tie their wedding knot?

In an interview, Gibbons stated that he took years and years to marry because he wanted to experience the beauty of life. He thought that life was too short to make fast decisions and later regret it. Eventually, Gibbons decided to give marriage a try with his longtime girlfriend. Luckily, the couple hasn't regretted their decision since their union.

Gilligan Stillwater Husband and Kids

Do you know Billy is 16 years older than his beautiful wife? Despite the age gap, they perfectly understand each other's needs. Gilligan supports her husband and accompanies him on tours, parties, and events. Unlike Stillwater, Aimee Osbourne only dated musician, Rai Thistlethwayte.

Further, Billy is one of the well-known musicians. He was ranked 32 on the 2011 Rolling Stone list of the 100 Greatest Guitarist of All Time. Gibbons has appeared in tv shows most notably on the Fox series, Bones. He is quite a busy man outside his personal life. As of now, Billy and Gilligan don't share any children.

Net Worth

There is no exact information on Gilligan Stillwater's fortune. On the other hand, her spouse, Billy Gibbons' net worth is $60 million as of 2021. Well, Gilligan has been serving as the band/tour manager of ZZ Top for the last decade.

The average salary for tour managers ranges somewhere between $46,000-$71,000 per year. The typical fixed commission rate is 15-20% of gross income. Now talking about ZZ Top, the band has released 15 studio albums and sold an estimated 50 million albums worldwide.

Billy's Car Collection

Besides having an excellent fashion sense, Gibbons has good taste in automobiles as well. He is an avid car collector and custom car enthusiast. Billy began collecting cars as soon as he got his first royalty check. He first bought a Cadillac Eldorado convertible. Tv personalities like Wayne Carini and Jay Leno also has impressive car collections.

In his collections, Billy has a 1948 Cadillac Series 62 (known as CadZZilla), a 1962 Chevrolet Impala (known as "Slampala"), a 1950 Ford Business Coupe, and a 1958 Ford Thunderbird.

One of Gibbons' earliest custom cars, a 1933 Ford Coupe (known as "Eliminator"), is on the cover of ZZ Top's 1983 album titled Eliminator. Further, Billy published a book in 2011 about his love of cars and guitars titled Billy F Gibbons: Rock + Roll Gearhead.