Acting
Benmont Tench
Also Known As: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Benjamin Montmorency Tench III
Birth Date
September 7, 1953
(73 years old)
Place of Birth
Gainesville, Florida, USA
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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.
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MTV Video Music Awards
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1984 • 2 episodes
Behind the Music
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1997 • 1 episode
The Old Grey Whistle Test
1971 • 1 episode
Rockpalast
1974 • 1 episode
Classic Albums
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1997 • 1 episode
Live Aid
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1985
Life Is a Carnival: A Musical Celebration of Robbie Robertson
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream
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2007
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Take the Highway Live
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1992
Hard to Handle: Bob Dylan in Concert
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1986
Live Aid
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2004
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll: Rock 'n' Roll at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
2015
Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free
Himself
2021
Tom Petty: Going Home
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1994
Del Shannon: The Runaway
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Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Live at the Olympic (The Last DJ)
Keyboards
2003
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers: 30th Anniversary Concert
2006
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers: Live in Concert
keyboards
2003
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Pack Up the Plantation - Live!
1986
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Live from Gatorville
2008