Benmont Tench
1953-09-07 (1953)Gainesville, Florida, USA Acting
Biography
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
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
MTV Video Music Awards
TV • 1984
Classic Albums
TV • 1997
Behind the Music
TV • 1997
Rockpalast
TV • 1974
The Old Grey Whistle Test
TV • 1971
Live Aid
MOVIE • 1985
Del Shannon: The Runaway
MOVIE
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream
MOVIE • 2007
Live Aid
MOVIE • 2004
Life Is a Carnival: A Musical Celebration of Robbie Robertson
MOVIE
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Live at the Docks, Hamburg
MOVIE • 1999
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll: Rock 'n' Roll at the BBC
MOVIE • 2015
The Session Man
MOVIE • 2025
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Live at the Olympic (The Last DJ)
MOVIE • 2003
Hard to Handle: Bob Dylan in Concert
MOVIE • 1986
Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free
MOVIE • 2021
Heartbreakers Beach Party
MOVIE • 2024