Benmont Tench

Acting

Benmont Tench

Born

1953-09-07 (73)

Place of birth

Gainesville, Florida, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

32 titles

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

MTV Video Music Awards poster
7.8

An annual award ceremony presented by MTV to honor the best in the music video medium.

MTV Video Music Awards

1984

Behind the Music poster
7.3

An intimate look into the personal lives of pop music's greatest and most influential artists.

Behind the Music

1997

Classic Albums poster
7.7

A documentary series about pop and rock albums that are considered the best or most distinctive of a well-known band or musician or that exemplify a stage in the history of music.

Classic Albums

1997

The Old Grey Whistle Test poster
8.3

The Old Grey Whistle Test is an influential BBC2 television music show that ran from 1971 to 1987. It took over the BBC2 late night slot from "Disco Two", which had been running since January 1970, while continuing to feature non-chart music. It was devised by BBC producer Rowan Ayers. According to presenter Bob Harris, the programme derived its name from a Tin Pan Alley phrase from years before. When they got the first pressing of a record they would play it to people they called the old greys—doormen in grey suits. The songs they could remember and whistle, having heard it just once or twice, had passed the old grey whistle test.

The Old Grey Whistle Test

1971

Rockpalast poster
8.5

No synopsis available yet.

Rockpalast

1974

Live Aid poster
7.8

Live Aid was held on 13 July 1985, simultaneously in Wembley Stadium in London, England, and the John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, United States. It was one of the largest scale satellite link-ups and television broadcasts of all time: watched live by an estimated global audience of 1.9 billion, across 150 nations. "It's twelve noon in London, seven AM in Philadelphia, and around the world it's time for Live Aid...!"

Live Aid

1985

Film credits

2020s · 3 titles

2010s · 3 titles

Classic Albums: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes poster
6.3

The latest addition to Eagle's critically acclaimed and highly successful Classic Albums series is Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 1979 breakthrough album Damn The Torpedoes . The band s third album defined their musical style and took them into the mainstream hitting No.2 on the US charts and spawning the top 10 single Don t Do Me Like That . The DVD features newly filmed contributions from the band members Tom Petty, Mike Campbell, Benmont Tench, Ron Blair and Stan Lynch along with co-producer Jimmy Iovine and engineer Shelly Yakus as they analyse the tracks from the original multi-track tapes and through new and archive performances. Damn The Torpedoes has stood the test of time as one of the great American rock albums of its era and is a worthy addition to the Classic Albums series.

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

2010

It's Only Rock 'n' Roll: Rock 'n' Roll at the BBC poster
8.0

A celebration of rock 'n' roll in the shape of a compilation of classic artists and songs, featuring the likes of Jerry Lee Lewis, Dion and Dick Dale who all featured in the Rock 'n' Roll America series, alongside songs that celebrate rock 'n roll itself from artists such as Tom Petty (Anything That's Rock 'n' Roll), Joan Jett (I Love Rock 'n' Roll) and Oasis (Rock 'n' Roll Star).

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

2015

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A fifteen chapter web-documentary series directed by Justin Kreutzmann. The series is currently available exclusively on TomPetty.com for members of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers' Highway Companions Club

Mike Campbell: The Guitars

2012

2000s · 6 titles

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream poster
7.7

Directed by Peter Bogdanovich and packed with rare concert footage and home movies, this documentary explores the history of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, including Petty's famous collaborations and notorious clashes with the record industry. Interviews with musical luminaries including Jackson Browne, George Harrison, Eddie Vedder, Roger McGuinn, Jeff Lynne, Dave Stewart and Petty himself shed some revelatory vision.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream

2007

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers: 30th Anniversary Concert poster
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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, recorded live at the O’ Connell Center, in Gainesville FL, on September 21st, 2006.

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers: 30th Anniversary Concert

2006

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Live at the Olympic (The Last DJ) poster
8.0

Recorded on October 16th, 2002 at the Grand Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, this film features the band's 2002 album The Last DJ performed in its entirety. Also featured are several of the band's other songs, and "You Wreck Me" from Tom Petty's solo album "Wildflowers".

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

2003

Live Aid poster
9.2

4 × DVD, The broadcast of the biggest benefit concert in history, organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for Ethiopian famine relief. This entry is for the compilation box set released in 2004.

Live Aid

2004

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers: Live in Concert poster
6.7

Taped for a two-part PBS Soundstage, Petty employs the Chicago locale as an entry into the blues and R&B that are at the foundation of rock & roll, and to a lesser extent, his music. This results in a fascinating and exciting show, where the extensive covers are just as interesting as -- and arguably more interesting than -- the few hits he gets around to playing.

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers: Live in Concert

2003

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Live from Gatorville poster
NR

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers return to Gainesville, Florida where it all started, to play their first hometown show in 13 years. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers perform classics with a seasoned stage presence and swagger that is a testament to their 30 years as rockers.

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Live from Gatorville

2008

1990s · 7 titles

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9.0

Television documentary spanning Tom Petty's career from 1976-1994.

Tom Petty: Going Home

1994

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Live at the Docks, Hamburg poster
7.0

On April 23rd, 1999, when Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers were recorded for the show German TV show "Rockpalast", they had already produced 10 studio albums and were superstars. The rockers' concert in the Hamburg "Docks" saw the band in top form. Experienced but from the heart they played their own hits like "Learning To Fly", "I Won't Back Down" and "Mary Jane's Last Dance", but also covers like "Green Onions" or "Gloria" for over two hours.

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

1999

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Take the Highway Live poster
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Recorded live at the Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, California on November 24th and at the Lawlor Events Center, Reno, Nevada on November 23rd 1991

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Take the Highway Live

1992

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers: Playback poster
8.0

From the lyrical juxtapositions of two generations of teenagers in "Free Fallin'" to the award winning "Mary Jane's Last Dance" featuring Kim Bassinger, Petty treated his clips as small films. The narrative "Into the Great Wide Open," which features Faye Dunaway and Johnny Depp, actually resulted in offers to make Petty's story/song into a full length motion picture. Petty's reaction was, "It already is." Here are the best videos of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, a powerful document of the early evolution of a new kind of art -- and some rockin' tunes by a great band. --Bill Flanagan, September 1995

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers: Playback

1995

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - High Grass Dogs - Live from the Fillmore poster
7.5

High Grass Dogs - Live at the Fillmore features 19 songs performed by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers at the Fillmore in March 1999, from performances on March 15th and March 16th of that year.

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - High Grass Dogs - Live from the Fillmore

1999

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: 400 Days poster
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The film begins its tour at Andora Studios during the 1994 recordings of Wildflowers, then travels North America alongside the Heartbreakers as director and honorary "sidebreaker" Martyn Atkins is privileged to photograph candid moments, interviews and performances over the next 400 days.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: 400 Days

1995

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: VH1 Storytellers poster
NR

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers performing live in 1999.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: VH1 Storytellers

1999

1980s · 5 titles

Live Aid poster
7.8

Live Aid was held on 13 July 1985, simultaneously in Wembley Stadium in London, England, and the John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, United States. It was one of the largest scale satellite link-ups and television broadcasts of all time: watched live by an estimated global audience of 1.9 billion, across 150 nations. "It's twelve noon in London, seven AM in Philadelphia, and around the world it's time for Live Aid...!"

Live Aid

1985

Hard to Handle: Bob Dylan in Concert poster
9.3

Admired as one of the best lyricists of pop rock, Bob Dylan has his name recorded in music history. During his four decades career, he has been through many facets: from acoustic to electric guitar; from politicized to religious lyrics; from minimalist to very highly sophisticated arrangements. And his characteristic voice, for some, hoarse and full of style, for others a little out of tune, still influences many musicians. In this presentation filmed at the Sydney Entertainment Centre in Australia over February 24-25 1986, Dylan is accompanied by Tom Petty and the band The Heartbreakers, as well as a very fine selection of new compositions. To close the spectacle, Bob Dylan and Tom Petty perform a vocal duet in "Knockin' on heaven's door", one of the most famous songs of this compositor.

Hard to Handle: Bob Dylan in Concert

1986

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Pack Up the Plantation - Live! poster
10.0

Pack Up the Plantation: Live! is the first live album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, released in November 1985. It was primarily recorded at the Wiltern Theatre during their 1985 tour but also includes several tracks from previous tours. It was released as a double LP or single cassette and compact disc. A concert film of the Wiltern Theatre performance, also titled Pack Up the Plantation: Live! was released on home video in 1986. It included songs that did not make the album, such as originals "Don't Do Me Like That" and "Don't Come Around Here No More", as well as covers such as "Little Bit O' Soul" and "Route 66".

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Pack Up the Plantation - Live!

1986

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - A Bunch Of Videos And Some Other Stuff poster
7.0

A compilation of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers' music videos.

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - A Bunch Of Videos And Some Other Stuff

1989

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Rock Goes to College poster
8.0

On March 24th, 1980, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers performed for BBCTV Rock Goes to College, at Oxford Polytechnic.

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Rock Goes to College

1980

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