I have therapy, the necessary medication and, when able to even lift a phone, I call and check in with somebody. That’s why the lack of an alternative. At the start of the ’70s, local promoters The Rose Community began presenting shows in the auditorium with regional and local bands playing original music, giving many Gainesville bands their first concert setting, a step up from playing cover songs in bars and clubs. There was live music every night — at Dub’s, the Lamplighter, Trader Tom’s, Bilbo and Gandalf’s, the Long Branch Saloon, the Great Southern Music Hall, the Alibi, the Place, the Connection, Cin City Lounge, the Keg, and the Granfalloon. For me music is conversation and intimate exchange, one of the most intimate ones between human beings.”. C. Opperman) Recorded under license with Munchkin Music ASCAP . But I wasn’t very good nonetheless, I enjoyed it but I like the instant gratification of playing something on the piano and having the melody available to my ears. During the ’60s and ’70s, Gainesville created a musical environment that was both exciting and highly productive. Assistant Engineers: Ray Belli, Sean Briety, Liz Brousell, Kevin Calaba, Jenny Founds, Mike Haldeman, Max King, Zach Miller, Emilia Richman, Scott “Thor” Sheffield, Will Salwen, and Gina Spigarelli. Please log in if you don't want to post I believe that there was a place in music 30 or 40 years ago, maybe even 50 years ago, where we were able to transcend genre and not compartmentalize music into packages … I grew up thinking Bob Dylan was a country singer and Johnny Cash was rock ‘n’ roll. I look back to the day that ended and I try to gain a new perspective with a smile.”. Last week I had on the show author David Kukoff, who wrote a fantastic novel on Laurel Canyon in the ‘60s and ‘70s titled Children of The Canyon. Benmont Tench is an American keyboard player and multi-instrumentalist who was one of the founders of the band called, ”Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.” In addition, Tench worked as a session musician for artists like – Bonnie Raitt, Neil Diamond, and Bob Dylan. Crocheted animals and photography by Inga Wohlgemuth. Digital access or digital and print delivery. Keyboardist Benmont Tench adds that Petty “was just kicking ass, and we had found another level of playing as a band. I have this little obsession of creating images of people in my head. In the podcast we lose the thread of the conversation for a millisecond. Harming your voice and your vocal chords comes from anxiety and tensing during these loud screaming moments. 30ms. If we’d only recognize that the person next to us used to be a kid just like us, we’d get straight on the way to a better world. And, he did not want that. Sometimes I think that you would record great albums there because there was nothing else to do. I couldn’t even look at my face in the mirror. Vivid Seats has Benmont Tench concert tickets. Are you? The Maple Valley singer- songwriter returns to Seattle Saturday at the Paramount. “Benmont,” “The Heart of Gold,” and “Milliways” are published worldwide by Phantom Moo Music (ASCAP). But every time we talked, or that I heard you discussing your work—especially with Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash—you always stressed how essential it was to just sit back and do your best to serve the song; that’s a considerable act of humility. © 2012 Purple Cow Records. We decided to ask him to play on this song [“Caroline”]. Then we surrender, get out of the way. “Oh my God, I did. I was absorbed into the breathtaking scenery, and she had a film camera that was jammed and wouldn’t load; she ended up missing the entire thing while so determined to get the camera to work. There wasn’t a pretty lounge to hang out, for example; Sound City’s was so gloomy that you didn’t want to set foot in it.”, “Damn the Torpedoes, Hard Promises, The Wildflowers and the album with Johnny Cash.”. Benmont Tench is an icon of music history and a true worker among workers serving the songs and the music he plays—not only because of his career with The Heartbreakers—but also for the endless list of artists he has played with over the years: Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Stevie Nicks, Don Henley, Fiona Apple and many, many more. “I’m not a nostalgic; I only miss the past because I regret not being present enough to experience it. You feel the pure light of inspiration, words fitting with melody.”. .hide-if-no-js { The album boasts a prizewinning lineup — Elton John, Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers keyboardist Benmont Tench and Amy Ray from the Indigo Girls. I think that’s what attributes art its timeless value. I know that he has heard the compliment a million times, but his version of Dylan’s Corrina Corrina is absolutely sublime, and I couldn’t help but share my thoughts with him. http://www.audibletrial.com/CoffeeWithAlice, © 2020 | Alice Carbone Tench | Site: AE.Design. Sometimes I read three pages in a day, sometimes I get lost and I read twenty, or even fifty. “I know how lucky I am, I’m blown away by it every day, but nothing is smooth sailing. You left Florida and moved to Los Angeles with Tom Petty. lang and for sure, Johnny Cash. My father was furious because I had lied to him. A full service national event ticket marketplace©2020 Vivid Seats LLC All Rights Reserved. To purchase tickets to Benmont Tench concerts, just click on one of the Benmont Tench tour dates above. “It is a musical improv, and it’s the perfect way to truly be in the moment. Please reload CAPTCHA. A: I had some problems a couple years back, just an after-effect of being sick and having to do shows anyway. Milliways (C. Opperman) Dedicated to the memory of Douglas Adams. The answer was Don Felder, a Gainesville native who began playing professionally at 13 in the Continentals. My theory is that—since we are here—we should enjoy life and help others enjoying theirs, while having some damn fun.”. In the extended podcast version we discussed the role that performers, writers and filmmakers must undertake to entertain the audience. All the solutions are mixed together and, meanwhile you get to know yourself better; it’s a journey. This episode (39) is sponsored by audibletrial.com/coffeewithalice and it’s LIVE for download on iTunes (HERE) or on the podcast page. Is it challenging to write for other people? It’s 2:00 in the afternoon on a hot Sunday; a dim light glows in my living room. Having played with Tom Petty and Mike Campbell since I was 18—the community that I experienced came from that life. So don't delay in choosing Benmont Tench tickets that are right for you! It’s not an act, but we all have an ego.”. I never saw you live and it sounds like a musical improv. I am re-reading Moby Dick, just to give you a literary example, and although I got a lot out of it the first time I read it ten years ago, I am noticing a deeper involvement this time. I, too, start to recognize the patterns and smile a little bit more. We all loved Nirvana, which was no more by then and, Tom took a risk and asked Dave. That’s what you get at Largo and, to me, that’s something that the place has in common with what Laurel Canyon in the 1960s was about, from the little that I know. Tench was born in Gainesville, Florida, the second child of Benjamin Montmorency Tench Jr. and Mary Catherine McInnis Tench. Buster Lipham was a warm and savvy businessman with a store policy that allowed you — a mere teenager — to buy musical gear on credit and pay it off in weekly installments, using the money you had earned playing in a band with that same gear — microeconomics in action. The Plaza of the Americas, a 3-acre lawn in front of the university library, was a popular gathering spot for counterculture events, political protests, anti-Âwar rallies, and free concerts. For me it’s an endless journey of discovery into what my nature truly is; I became so much more aware despite what I feared at the beginning, which is the lie we tell ourselves—losing the dark and edgy allure. The documentary, however, gives the impression that the studio isn’t there anymore, while it still exists, only with a different vibe, name and a nice lounge area. He is a special guy.”, What are your memories of the legendary Sound City Studio? It’s a daily struggle for me, as I quite often tend to preach and judge. I’m playing at Largo in a week with the Watkins Family Hour and frequently I’ll do a song or two of mine. But the humble thing that you mentioned is totally an act.”, Really? Stills left and returned several more times: in the early ’60s, playing in the Continentals alongside Don Felder for a few months, for part of his senior year at Gainesville High School, and for a few weeks attending UF before hitchhiking out of town to continue his wandering ways.

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