Benjamin Montmorency " Benmont " Tench III (born September 7, 1953) is an American musician and singer, and a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Tench was born in Gainesville, Florida, the second child of Benjamin Montmorency Tench Jr. …

Feb 18, 2025 · Music, tour dates, official videos and more from Benmont Tench. His new album The Melancholy Season is out March 7th - stream/watch “The Melancholy Season” now.

Jul 16, 2021 · Heartbreakers keyboardist Benmont Tench was expecting a call about the next tour in early-October of 2017 when his phone rang with much worse news. His collaborator and bandmate of over 40 years, Tom Petty, was in the hospital, after being found in his home unconscious, not breathing and in full cardiac arrest. Tom was pronounced dead a day later.

Benjamin Montmorency “Benmont” Tench III is an American musician and singer, best known as a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. He was born in Gainesville, Florida...

Feb 27, 2025 · Starting in the early 1970s, the organist, singer and songwriter was a creative anchor for Tom Petty. On a new solo album, he explores what comes next. Ninety pounds, the approximate weight of a...

Mar 28, 2025 · Benmont Tench on His New Solo Album, ‘The Melancholy Season,’ and His Unmelancholy Delight in Being a Survivor: ‘I’m Finally Getting Good, You Know?’. The most famous keyboard sideman in rock is...

Mar 10, 2025 · Benmont Tench's new solo album 'The Melancholy Season' is a deep, introspective work that he's supporting with a tour.

Benmont Tench 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.

Benmont Tench 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.

Feb 5, 2025 · Benmont Tench, longtime keyboardist for Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, is releasing his first solo album in over a decade titled, The Melancholy Season, on March 7th via Dark Horse Records.