Benmont Tench
Benjamin Montmorency "Benmont" Tench III is a founding member of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers and one of contemporary music’s finest organ players, piano players, anything- with-keys players. In addition to all of the Heartbreakers recordings, Tench has played on records by Stevie Nicks, Willie Nelson, Green Day, Bob Dylan, Neil Diamond, the Dixie Chicks, the Replacements, John Prine, Waylon Jennings, John Fogerty, Elvis Costello, the Rolling Stones, Johnny Cash, just to name a few.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1953-09-07 · Gainesville, Florida, USA
Known for
- Live Aid (1985) — Self
- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream (2007) — Self
- MTV Video Music Awards (1984) — Self
- Behind the Music (1997) — Self
- Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free (2021) — Himself
- Live Aid (2004) — Self
- Classic Albums (1997) — Self
- Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers: Live in Concert (2003) — keyboards
- Heartbreakers Beach Party (2024) — Self
- Hard to Handle: Bob Dylan in Concert (1986) — Self
- Classic Albums: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes (2010) — Self
- The Old Grey Whistle Test (1971)
- Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers: Playback (1995) — Self
- It's Only Rock 'n' Roll: Rock 'n' Roll at the BBC (2015) — Self (archive footage)
- Rockpalast (1974)
- Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - High Grass Dogs - Live from the Fillmore (1999) — Himself