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

Live Aid

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It's Only Rock 'n' Roll: Rock 'n' Roll at the BBC

Self (archive footage)

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

Keyboards

Tom Petty: Going Home

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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream

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Classic Albums: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes

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Del Shannon: The Runaway

Life Is a Carnival: A Musical Celebration of Robbie Robertson

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