Benmont Tench on Life With Tom Petty | Broken Record (Hosted by Rick Rubin)
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- To celebrate the release of Tom Petty’s “Wildflowers & All The Rest” box set, Rick Rubin connected with Heartbreakers keyboardist, Benmont Tench for a conversation. Benmont started playing with Tom back in Florida with a band called Mudcrutch. He stayed with Tom as they became the Heartbreakers, moved to LA, created some of the most memorable music of all time and was ultimately with him all the way until the last Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers performance at the Hollywood Bowl in 2017. Benmont is a massive talent who’s also done plenty of work as a sideman for Bob Dylan, Stevie Nicks, U2, Johnny Cash and a ton of others. Rick and Benmont talk about all of this and share memories of their time in the studio together.
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Hear Rick Rubin's conversation with Tom Petty's daughter Adria here: podcasts.pushkin.fm/broken-record-adria-petty?sid=yt
I will check it out thanks Rick!!!! 🙏🙏🙏👽
Who designed you guys logo I dig it tell Rick to keep it up please.
I have yet to find the Spotify playlist they mention at the end of every episode. Can anyone help?
why
Have listened last night and it was so good to hear her thoughts on her Dad. It was lovely. 🎼💖
This caliber of musician staying in The Heartbreakers for his entire career is a true testament of just how great Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers really were. One of the best bands EVER and any true musician will agree.
And he did so much other stuff..they were giving of their gifts.
I can listen to Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers stories all day long. Lucky enough to see them a couple of times. They all seem so genuine and down to earth. Straight forward rock & roll... as it should be.
Is Benmont Tench the humblest star? This guy is so incredibly gifted and he still talks like a fan. I'm glad he acknowledged the decades of listening and practicing that have gone in to his ability to create 'magic'. This is a wonderful interview. 'It's all a prayer' - wow. Thank you, Rick, and thank you, Ben.
There will never be another band like this one.
If you are talking about the TP and the Heartbreakers with Tench, Campbell, Blair, and Lynch, then Yes. One of the very best American bands to ever write, record, and perform music for 40 years.
Who would have thought that the band’s name would have eventually been fitting.
Absolutely agree!
@@ricky4001cs howie, Scott, and Steve were also incredible contributors to the band as well.
@@tonywolfemusic5920 Absolutely.
I miss Tom,
But I miss the whole band.
The end of this band ended an era and left a void in popular music that I feel will never be filled or built upon ever again. Such a great group of musicians.R.I.P. Tom and Happy trails to the band may your horizons hold many more great adventures as you travel on into the great wide open.
Absolutely. I took my 23 yr old son to see TP & The Heartbreakers in Toronto on that final tour. When speaking with a friend when Tom passed, he said "thats the last Great Rock 'N Roll band gone. I saw TP & Heartbreakers in Buffalo "86 (with Dead & Dylan), plus many Toronto appearances. But the best show I saw was their 2012 show at New Orleans Jazz Heritage Festival. a great 4 song vid of that show is here on TH-cam. Peace
God bless Benmont and the rest of the Heartbreakers. R.I.P. Tom. Proud to have seen them live in concert.
I thank God I had the privilege to see Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers at least 5 times over the past 40 yrs , and I wanted to see Tom & the Heartbreakers during their 40th anniversary tour.. alas it was not meant to be... Nonetheless, I love you Tommy, and my heart breaks for the band members left behind to carry on without him on this Earth ♥️♥️ THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE MUSIC THAT WILL LIVE ON BEYOND OUR YEARS ON THIS PLANET ♥️🎸🎸🎸🌟☮️♥️♥️
Benmont is a gifted musician with such a great attitude. I love how he appreciates the fact that he has got to play with so many greats . Admitting he’s the biggest fan! Awesome !
My teenage radio passion was in Fort Myers, FL (it was terrible as a one-horse town) BUT at 6 p.m. WQAM in Miami and the first two sings were the Beatles …I sat in my room with my Underwood manual typewriter to do my homework…and the joy enveloped me forever..and my dad liked the Beatles too so much…I played clarinet and wanted to become a pro classical person but life ain’t always what you dream..haha. So listening to this interview.lit’s now May of 2024…And just what I needed thank you,,
Benmont is my favorite of the 'Breakers his enthusiam and that grin of his always provided the greatest energy of the band ,i felt
How can you not just love Bemmont! What a great interview, thank you for letting us be a part of this conversation.
Thank You! I am a massive Tom Petty fan and 'Wildflowers' is my favorite album. The past week of these interviews have been PURE GOLD.
Dylan Springsteen Sting all are still alive and brought out recent new material; staged managed and I don't care; Tom wanted to be in the conversation now he is someone's making money it's Covid 19 time and we need heroes. People lose their sense of boundaries when it comes to this music which doesn't happen with the other icons mentioned ever. We don't own him but we OWE him.
@@evelynbaron2004 Can you translate that?
I agree. Lovely memories, shared with joy and pain. God knows they don’t need the money so it’s a privilege to hear all the small stories of an epic rock n roll life.
I'm really pissed off at myself for coming way too late to the TP&THB party... but now that I'm here I'm never leaving again.
Same! What a band
Benmont is a great communicator about music making! He's a joy to listen to! Thank you for this great interview!
Ben, you are a treasure - the best - the 70th Tom birthday video you and Mike made is awesome!
What a talented artist! I love to see him smile during some of the performances! What a great band!
I like the sound of Belmont’s voice
I am blown away by what he is saying. You follow what you feel and you play from that. You end up playing something you never knew you could play.
Coolest name in Music! Every time I hear it I’m thinking about it. Ain’t just coincidence. What a talent this guy is! He brings it!!
Yes and no. He is a musical genius and also lives in his head. I like the last MusiCare speech by Tom Petty when he says he was just lucky to play with the best 2 or 3 rock bands in the history of rock music.
I love watching Benmont in the "here comes my girl" video. he looks cool 😎
Lifelong TP & HB fan. My first ever rock concert was spring 1986 at the Budokan: Dylan & Pettty. Somewhere I have a cassette bootleg recorded on a WALKMAN stuffed in my jacket pocket w/a clip-on mic on the collar. Me, 17 years old, was so paranoid of getting caught that my shaking hands couldn't properly flip the tape after the first side ran out; side 2 got all fouled up haha!!!
TP & HB Concert #2 (1999[?], Lucinda Williams opened) was at Darien Lake in western NY, but the Buffalo Sabres made the Stanley Cup finals and the show got re-scheduled. Oh well, a "free" night at the park instead with a new ticket issued for the re-scheduled show, too :-) No complaints.
Rick doesn't ask a bad question man! right on! Love BT
First time I saw Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers they were is Australia as backing band and support act for Bob Dylan. After a set or so didn't want Dylan back on stage, this band became of of my favourite bands ... a great band full of great musicians
In my own opinion, this American band is the best! All their songs were a big hit. I always play their songs! Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers were so loving, caring and full of appreciation towards their fans! Their friendship is awesome, even though others exited from the band, but still they come back. It shows that Tom is an excellent leader of the band. He does not forget his former band Mudcrutch and his friends from this band. This band knows how to give back to their fans through their songs and caring ways 🎉😊❤
Absolutely a genius at his art form!
Listen to Benmont on a live, long version of the Heartbreakers performing Melinda, then listen to this interview with Benmont. Melinda is the soundtrack for Benmont's words in this interview about playing with the greats. Thank you Rick and Benmont for putting this interview up on TH-cam.
I write about this stuff for a living and have no idea what you are talking about. From a professional pt of view, great for Rick Rubin and Adria Petty, great time to release material, just want them to go away. Confusion Wheel seriously only new song that was incredibly powerful. People will get rich but yes everyone need Wildflowers!!! Just don't waste your money heard it all.
Yes I listened to this too still don't know who wrote that song,,,,, NO_ONE has replied.
@@evelynbaron2004 Melinda is a JJ Cale song.
@@evelynbaron2004 You write about this stuff for a living? Your comment is barely coherent. There are numerous new cuts on the All the Rest album, and for Petty fans, this is like hearing a part 2 to one of the best albums by your favorite artist.
Soundstage. That long Melinda is one of my absolutely favorite things from my lifetime.
Having played rock music myself for 35+, my observation's been that keyboardists bear a metric-ton of scrutiny. But J Lord, R Wright, Page of Phish, and guys like Benmont focus their knowledge so sharply, it's them I end up having most respect for.. What a great, revealing & inspiring interview. Thanks for all the music Mr Tench...
Great interview Benmont is so good at getting across what a musician is, and what a musician he is.
I am sure Benmont Tench gets tired of getting compared to Mozart or living down his historical position in the band as a serious underminer of Tom's difficult position. Also I think Tom caught up over time regarding wide ranging knowledge of music in general. Brilliant interview; I live in my head and also a recovering alcoholic in Tom speak a wild indian. Glad we both grew up. Certainly not a put down of one of the most articulate and brilliant musicians in this genre in our day. I know it's released because of the Wildflowers hoopla; I would have liked to have heard a conversation with BT and Mike Campbell in this regard.
Thanks Rick, one national treasure interviewing another.
Music was always LIFE. The attitude you have to have to begin with AND maintain the drive through it all - highs and lows. This is a WONDERFUL interview. Benmont gets deep. Going to play this again.
Beautiful, inspiring words from Benmont Tench.
Rick Rubin is an excellent interviewer: concise questions that draw out thoughtful answers.
Thanks for posting.
This was great! Always been a Benmont fan. Now I feel I know his vibe a bit better.
Surprised that Rubin didn’t know Dr.John “walk on guilded splinters”. Benmont out hipped him.
I could listen to those story's for hours, mahalo !
Totally!
My personal favorite cover, The Stories we could tell!!! best wishes stay safe!
It's great to hear Benmont. I like him and his music. I really miss Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
All the best from Bavaria
Congrats as well Benmont on your sobriety sir !! 🙏🙏🙏🙏
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love his line where he says playing with a legend is not just to boast about it but to experience how great is. I didn't say that word for word but that was the gist. Don't have Corona, have tiredness. Great interview.
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Wow, just plain wow. This is the truth, this is how, genius in the right questions, genius in the answers. Thanks more than I can say.
Benmont described the perfect description of a song. “The song reveals itself”. Guitar builder Wayne Henderson said he’d have a block of wood and a knife and whittle away everything that wasn’t a guitar.
Yes he did! Quoting how the statue of David was hewn. Why is it wrong to read and educate oneself
Rock in peace Tom
Loved what he had to say. I got some real insight into the music making process, being a non musician myself.
Thank you for the education OG and Sir !! I hope the shoes are off and you are safely quarantined Rick 🙏🙏🙏🙏
This is the kind of college seminar
I wanted to go to back in '88...glad I was able to finally hear this kind of Q&A...and for free!...thanks for sharing gentlemen
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Thank you so much for sharing this with the rest of us.... Stay Gold!
I felt that. Nice to eavesdrop on two pros. Thank you.
What a sweet interview, Rick. Thank you!!! I’ve never heard Benmont describe his process of making music quite so beautifully. When he talked about Johnny Cash making music that was like a prayer, I immediately thought of when Tom & the Heartbreakers backed up Johnny.Cash on one of his later albums.I think you were the producer, Rick. When Johnny Cash sang, he was praying. 💘🙏💘🧚🏻♀️💘
What a great interview. Thx for posting.
Excellent as always!
Love Benmont!
I've always liked a few Tom Petty songs, but for the past year I've really taken a shine to "here comes my girl"
and now I'm obsessed with his first few albums, especially DAMN THE TORPEDOES
Mr.Tench is a legend, and a legend as a man too
Really great episode. I love Benmont and your work too!!
This should be rock and roll 101 for every recording musician, serious band, music fan, engineer, producer Petty fan and all that. Their conversation in the last section..man🤟🏼
That interview was magic. Thank you so very much.
Mike Campbell sounds so much like TOM PETTY its crazy id like to see the Heartbreakers get together one more time to celebrate Tom and the Heartbreakers that would be awesome and ive seen a Dirty Knob video where Mike sang something good and something happens with the equipment Mike said it was tom letting him know he was there Mike sounds so much like tom i know he could pull it off
Mike is an absolutely exquisite player. He oozes rock n roll. No flash all soul. I’ve been blown away by his playing thousands and thousands of times.
@@mathewmcdonald3657 right in dude, Mike’s the effin man
i loved this interview- i wish Benmont would keep playing.It will keep him young ang going.We all died a tiny bit when Tom died. But we all keep going.
Much love from Gainesville florida
I have the Let me up CD…some days a yes. Some days ok. When ya have lots of good stuff to put on ya love it all.
Great interview! I'm Ben's age and over in south Louisiana we were doing the same thing: playing gigs, jamming, finding our way into the local scene. We promoted a series of outdoor gigs called "Yam Jams," because my hometown was the Yam capital of the world at that time, with its own yearly festival, like Mudcrutch's outdoor festival gigs they put together. "Wildflowers & All the Rest" is absolutely beautiful. Thanks for your contribution to Tom and the Heartbreaker's life work. Thanks for this channel.
See this an excellent comment!!!!
Passionate about this band glad Benmont Tench has official interview. I would have loved a conversation between him and Mike Campbell we can only hope... also these guys are briliant on their own terms never forget that music lives!!!!
Thank you for playing on REEF's amazing "Glow" album. Just dropped in to say that. Peace.
Loved latest flame
Wow just wow
I used to be a multi-intrumentalist and vocalist. I was never able to play well. Later in life I became a photographer and gradually realized that my "instrument" is the camera. I don't have to think about it. It just happens when I start shooting. I really related to Ben telling how he does it.
Wow ❤️
Just dumping all my comments here and now --- Broken Record hosted by Malcolm Gladwell one of those brilliant
Canadians Tom felt ok talking to;. Jiam ghomeshi CBC and the incorruptible Peter Mansbridge who seriously never gushes what a moment; 150 guitars and Tom ; ok, you only need one. Priceless!!!!!!!
I concur
I will look for the groove as well!
It was Tom -- know benmont is a genius but it was Tom who early on identified what happens in the studio and live material. When you have a band on this level yes the line gets blurred. In Tom Speak we'd be here all day; what about your mystic eyes those impromptu inspired solos by Benmont Tench and Mike Campbell -- stuff of legends!
@@evelynbaron2004 that’s amazing !!!! I love music and real musicians who love it as well!!!!! 🙏👽❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊
Middle of the night last night I can't sleep so I'm looking for a CD to put on after one just finished and from my vast collection I randomly pull out "The Ultimate Dr. John" . I didn't put it on but it contains "I Walk On Guilded Splinters" so now I'll have to listen to it. How weird is that?
Amen
I’m going in
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Do you know 'walk on gilded splinters by doctor john'? No. Wow, how can someone so unqualified interview this man?
Benmont,
Talks about the Dr. John song “Walk on gilded splinters” that’s from the Debut album Gris-Gris by Dr. John, I believe 1968. It’s really good and swampy and trippy music. Check it out if you have not heard it.🎶
Not really about "life with Tom Petty" (as the title indicates), but still a very good interview with a keyboardist whose impactful work has shaped much of the music we love.
Rubin's life is capturing artists at their best > Benmont CAPTURED!
Great interview with a great musician. And, i like Rick Rubin, but could he really NOT know Dr. John’s Walk on Gilded Splinters? (He had to simply be having a brain freeze!... shoes and socks might have proven helpful. 😂)
Humble pie live at the Fillmore did that version but I didn't know who wrote it
a good example of a magic shimmer would be on the track ' room at the top '
This isn’t Life with Tom it’s Life with BOB:/
Don Felder said the same thing about Don Henley pushing his guitar solos until they were polished perfect when an earlier take was more raw and exciting and "better" but he'd have to do it again anyway...
lucky dude.
My favourite Heartbreaker. Be well Benmont.
Not my favorite member of the band despite his genius. Gave Tom a really hard time and he knows it. Not a put down.
@@evelynbaron2004 he loved Ben. And that was mutual.
Rick Rubin doesn't know Dr. John's Walk on Gilded Splinters?
I'd love to see The Heartbreakers with Stevie Nicks
just stop
There’s no girls in the heartbreakers
Without Ben there’d be no Heartbreakers.
Ah there'd be Heartbreakers. They just wouldn't be as good.
@appleseed Clearly you don’t know the history.
Why don’t you enlighten me
Short version mudcrutch was a complete failure, the band broke up & scattered to the winds. Benmont but together a band called the drunks & they went into a studio to record something. Ben asked mike for a hand & mike invited Tom. Tom walks in & goes this is my band & it was the drunks became the heartbreakers & the rest is history.
Exactly. Ben had put a band together with, Tom Stan and Ron Blair. Petty came in to help out and they became they Heartbrakers. If Ben hadn’t done that there’d be no Heartbreakers ... What’s your point ?
hey b r p i am the ghost writer for alll the good songs can prove it yes i wrote it is the truth you would want to hear it its epic this would shock everyone its time every one heard the real truth of part of history just ask mike he knows where it came from oh wait this is too good to be true
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