- Born
- September 7, 1953 (age 73)
- Place of birth
- Gainesville, Florida, USA
- Also known 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.