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Tom Petty keyboard player Benmont Tench says that being produced by Rick Rubin was like solving a puzzle
Former Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers keyboard player Benmont Tench has given us another insight into Rick Rubin’s sometimes ...
Benmont Tench Went Further
The trusted keyboard player on his best and most difficult sessions, from the Heartbreakers to that guy Bob from Duluth.
Rick Rubin tried to get Johnny Cash to record Robert Palmer's Addicted To Love
Johnny Cash's American Recordings sessions with producer Rick Rubin yielded some incredible music, but not everything worked ...
The magic of rock and roll is a sacred archive maintained by those alive to still play the hits
Founding members of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Benmont Tench and Mike Campbell, hold the notes of memory ...
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Benmont Tench, Still a Heartbreaker, Is Carrying on Solo
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. Credit... Supported by By Bob Mehr Reporting ...
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How Bob Dylan and John Lennon inspired Benmont Tench’s ‘The Melancholy Season’
When keyboard player Benmont Tench released his debut solo album in 2014, the founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers had a ready collection of songs to take into the studio.
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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 making a rare return to center stage after making it through a life-threatening health scare. The man who is arguably the most famous or legendary ...
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Benmont Tench Went Further
They just don’t need me on one of the songs.’” Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Getty Benmont Tench is so dedicated to this interview that he pulled himself over to the side of the road ...