Benmont Tench
September 7, 1953 (72 years old) in Gainesville, Florida, USA
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
Credits
- 2025 · The Session Man as Self
- 2024 · Heartbreakers Beach Party as Self
- 2021 · Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free as Himself
- 2015 · It's Only Rock 'n' Roll: Rock 'n' Roll at the BBC as
- 2012 · Mike Campbell: The Guitars as Self
- 2010 · Classic Albums: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes as Self
- 2008 · Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Live from Gatorville as
- 2007 · Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream as Self
- 2006 · Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers: 30th Anniversary Concert as
- 2004 · Live Aid as Self
- 2003 · Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Live at the Olympic (The Last DJ) as Keyboards
- 2003 · Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers: Live in Concert as keyboards
- 1999 · Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - High Grass Dogs - Live from the Fillmore as Himself
- 1999 · Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: VH1 Storytellers as Self
- 1999 · Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Live at the Docks, Hamburg as keyboards
- 1997 · Behind the Music as Self
- 1997 · Classic Albums as Self
- 1995 · Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers: Playback as Self
- 1995 · Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: 400 Days as Self
- 1994 · Tom Petty: Going Home as Self
- 1992 · Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Take the Highway Live as Self
- 1989 · Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - A Bunch Of Videos And Some Other Stuff as Self
- 1986 · Hard to Handle: Bob Dylan in Concert as Self
- 1986 · Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Pack Up the Plantation - Live! as
- 1985 · Live Aid as Self
- 1984 · MTV Video Music Awards as Self
- 1980 · Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Rock Goes to College as Performer
- 1977 · Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Live at Rockpalast as
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Musical Guest
- 1974 · Rockpalast as
- 1971 · The Old Grey Whistle Test as
- Future · Del Shannon: The Runaway as
- Future · Life Is a Carnival: A Musical Celebration of Robbie Robertson as Self