Benmont Tench

Personal Info

Birthday

September 7, 1953

(72 years old)

Place of Birth

Gainesville, Florida, USA

Also Known As

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Benjamin Montmorency Tench III

Benmont Tench

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

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Rock Goes to College

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers: Live in Concert

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Live at the Olympic (The Last DJ)

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Live at the Docks, Hamburg

Filmography

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 Self (archive footage)
2012
Mike Campbell: The Guitars
as Self
2010
Classic Albums: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes
as Self
2007
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream
as Self
2004
Live Aid
as Self
2003
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Live at the Olympic (The Last DJ)
as Keyboards
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers: Live in Concert
as keyboards
1999
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - High Grass Dogs - Live from the Fillmore
as Himself
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: VH1 Storytellers
as Self
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Live at the Docks, Hamburg
as keyboards
1995
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers: Playback
as Self
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
1980
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Rock Goes to College
as Performer