Benmont Tench
Birthday
1953/09/07 (72 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Gainesville, Florida, USA
Also know as
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Benjamin Montmorency Tench III
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.
Acting
(2021) Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free
as Himself
(1986) Hard to Handle: Bob Dylan in Concert
as Self
(1999) Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - High Grass Dogs - Live from the Fillmore
as Himself
Del Shannon: The Runaway
as ---
(1995) Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: 400 Days
as Self
(2003) Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers: Live in Concert
as keyboards
(1999) Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Live at the Docks, Hamburg
as keyboards
(1980) Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Rock Goes to College
as Performer
(2012) Mike Campbell: The Guitars
as Self
(1994) Tom Petty: Going Home
as Self
(1992) Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Take the Highway Live
as Self
(2003) Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Live at the Olympic (The Last DJ)
as Keyboards
(1986) Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Pack Up the Plantation - Live!
as ---
(2008) Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Live from Gatorville
as ---
(1995) Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers: Playback
as Self
(2007) Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream
as Self
(2010) Classic Albums: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes
as Self
(1989) Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - A Bunch Of Videos And Some Other Stuff
as Self
(1985) Live Aid
as Self
(2004) Live Aid
as Self
(1977) Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Live at Rockpalast
as ---
(2024) Heartbreakers Beach Party
as Self
Life Is a Carnival: A Musical Celebration of Robbie Robertson
as Self
(2015) It's Only Rock 'n' Roll: Rock 'n' Roll at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
(1999) Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: VH1 Storytellers
as Self
(2006) Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers: 30th Anniversary Concert
as ---
(2025) The Session Man
as Self
(1997) Classic Albums
as Self
(1984) MTV Video Music Awards
as Self
(1975) Saturday Night Live
as Self - Musical Guest
(1997) Behind the Music
as Self
(1971) The Old Grey Whistle Test
as ---
(1974) Rockpalast
as ---