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Benmont Tench

Benmont Tench

American Musician

Born: Sep 7, 1953

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I think that with Bob Dylan around, we're living in an era where we have Whitman presenting new work, we have Dickens presenting new work, we have Yeats and Shakespeare presenting new work. It's that level. Benmont Tench

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Listen to the Beatles' 'Things We Said Today.' Ringo Starr does not play a fill in the entire song. It doesn't need it. 'A Day In the Life' has gorgeous fills, but there, the song needs it. When I play on any record, I'm striving to get where Ringo is. You play what doesn't take you out of the song. Benmont Tench

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I loved Mal Evans holding one note down on You Won't See Me from Rubber Soul. Benmont Tench

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Besides, I'm fairly incompetent. I can't play that fast. Benmont Tench

Besides Fairly Fast Play Incompetent

Jeff Lynne is an arranger, and I think it's probably much easier for him to go ahead and play a part himself than to try to show somebody else what he wants. But it's hard for me to say; I barely know Jeff. Benmont Tench

Tom would bring in songs, Mike would engineer, and we recorded about 30 songs. Benmont Tench

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I think we've always been better live. Benmont Tench

Better Live Think Always Been

You can go crazy and play solos in the right place, and that's great because it can intensify and bring an emotional lift. But the thing is you don't want to get in the way of the song. Benmont Tench

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Working with Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson takes you up another level. Benmont Tench

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I learned that the songs that mean the most to me are the songs that I write by myself. While there were people I wrote really well with, particularly Gary Nicholson and Delbert McClinton, and I really enjoyed the experience, I came away from it feeling like I need to write by myself. Benmont Tench

I'm not an overly skilled piano player or organ player at all, but I think I'm the right piano and organ player for the Heartbreakers. And I've been the right piano and organ player for a lot of sessions that I've been called on. Benmont Tench

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My parents always knew that I loved music. They just didn't think I'd try to make it a career. They thought I'd be a painter or an art teacher or something like that. Benmont Tench

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There was a period when I wrote in Nashville for Maverick and then Warner/Chappell, and it was interesting. Benmont Tench

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I'm not the best singer, but I like the way I sing my songs. Benmont Tench

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Whoever hired me might've just heard 'Refugee.' Well, I'm not the secret to 'Refugee.' The secret to 'Refugee' is the song. But if somebody really good calls me up to play on something because they like the way I played on 'Refugee,' then I wind up playing on another really good song. Benmont Tench

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