Benmont Tench
Actor
- Born
- September 7, 1953 (age 73) · 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
Live Aid
July 13, 1985
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream
October 14, 2007
Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free
October 20, 2021
Live Aid
November 16, 2004
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers: Live in Concert
June 10, 2003
Heartbreakers Beach Party
October 17, 2024
Hard to Handle: Bob Dylan in Concert
June 21, 1986
Classic Albums: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes
August 3, 2010
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers: Playback
November 20, 1995
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll: Rock 'n' Roll at the BBC
July 24, 2015
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - High Grass Dogs - Live from the Fillmore
November 9, 1999
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Live at the Docks, Hamburg
April 23, 1999
Acting27
- 2025The Session Man as Self
- 2024Heartbreakers Beach Party as Self
- 2021Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free as Himself
- 2015It's Only Rock 'n' Roll: Rock 'n' Roll at the BBC as Self (archive footage)
- 2012Mike Campbell: The Guitars as Self
- 2010Classic Albums: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes as Self
- 2008Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Live from Gatorville
- 2007Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream as Self
- 2006Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers: 30th Anniversary Concert
- 2004