Former Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers keyboard player Benmont Tench has given us another insight into Rick Rubin’s sometimes ...

The trusted keyboard player on his best and most difficult sessions, from the Heartbreakers to that guy Bob from Duluth.

Johnny Cash's American Recordings sessions with producer Rick Rubin yielded some incredible music, but not everything worked ...

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 ...

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 ...

A handful of songs into Benmont Tench’s recent performance in Chicago, he paused to take inventory before choosing the next number, ticking off the names of the artists on one hand ...

Tom Petty’s sudden death in October 2017 was just the first dramatic change in the life of his longtime keyboardist, Benmont Tench. Three months later, Tench’s first child was born.

Benmont Tench says that “life” is the reason for the 11-year gap between his two solo albums. With The Melancholy Season out Friday (March 7), the keyboardist says that a heavy work load with ...

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.