Benjamin Montmorency Tench III (born September 7, 1953) an American keyboardist, best known as a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, along with Tom Petty, Mike Campbell and Ron Blair of the current lineup. September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years). ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... A keyboardist is a musician who plays keyboard instruments. ... Tom Petty Thomas Earl Petty (born October 20, 1953 in Gainesville, Florida) is an American musician. ... Thomas Tom Earl Petty (born October 20, 1950) is a popular American musician, known for his album-oriented, classicist rocknroll. ... Michael (Mike) Campbell (born February 1, 1950 in Panama City, Florida in the U.S.) is a guitarist and record producer, best known for his work with Tom Petty. ... Ron Blair, original bassist for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, was born on September 16, 1948 in San Diego, California. ...

Born in Gainesville, Florida, Tench played piano from an early age. He met Tom Petty for the first time at a Gainesville music store at the age of 11. He went north to boarding school at Phillips Exeter Academy, then attended Tulane University in New Orleans but quit college to join Petty's band Mudcrutch, which would later evolve into Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Downtown Clock Tower, housing the restored clock bell from the 1885 courthouse Gainesville is the largest city and county seat of Alachua County, Florida. ... Thomas Tom Earl Petty (born October 20, 1950) is a popular American musician, known for his album-oriented, classicist rocknroll. ... Phillips Exeter Academy (also called Exeter, Phillips Exeter, or PEA) is a co-educational independent boarding school for grades 9-12, located on 619 acres in Exeter, New Hampshire, USA, fifty miles north of Boston. ... Tulane University is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational research university located in New Orleans, Louisiana. ... Nickname: The Crescent City, The Big Easy, The City That Care Forgot, NOLA (acronym for New Orleans, LA) Location in the State of Louisiana and the United States Coordinates: Country United States State Louisiana Parish Orleans Founded 1718  - Mayor Ray Nagin (D) Area    - City 907 km²  (350. ...

In addition to playing piano and Hammond organ with the Heartbreakers, Tench is also known as a skilled session performer, having recorded with dozens of notable artists, including Johnny Cash, Sam Phillips, You Am I, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, The Tragically Hip, Alanis Morissette, Green Day, the Cult, and New Found Glory. Johnny Cash (born J. R. Cash, February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an influential American country and rock and roll singer and songwriter. ... Leslie Phillips, aka Sam Phillips, (born January 28, 1962) is an American singer and a songwriter. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, author, musician, and poet who has been a major figure in popular music for five decades. ... Rolling Stones redirects here. ... The Tragically Hip are a Canadian rock band from Kingston, Ontario, consisting of Gordon Downie (lead vocals and occasional acoustic guitar), Paul Langlois (guitar), Rob Baker (guitar), Gord Sinclair (bass) and Johnny Fay (drums). ... Alanis Nadine Morissette (born June 1, 1974) is a seven-time Grammy Award winning Canadian-American[1] singer-songwriter, record producer and occasional actress. ... Green Day is an American rock band consisting of three core members: Billie Joe Armstrong (guitar, lead vocals), Mike Dirnt (bass) and Tré Cool (drums). ... New Found Glory (formerly A New Found Glory) is an American pop punk/melodic hardcore band, formed in 1997 (see 1997 in music) in Coral Springs, Florida and currently based in California. ...

Tench has also written songs for other artists, including "Never Be You" (co-written with Petty), which became a #1 hit for Rosanne Cash. Tench has received two ASCAP songwriting awards: in 1995 for "Stay Forever" (performed by Hal Ketchum) and in 2001 for "Unbreakable Heart" (performed by Carlene Carter). Rosanne Cash from the back cover of Rhythm & Romance (1985). ... Hal Ketchum (born April 9, 1953) is an American country musician. ... Inside front cover photo from the insert to I Fell in Love. ...