For Benmont Tench and his solo career, it’s better late than never. The keyboardist became friends with rock legend Tom Petty ...

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.

Tench, who plays a pair of shows at Largo at the Coronet in LA this month, says the sound of Lennon’s ‘Plastic Ono Band’ and Dylan’s ‘John Wesley Harding’ ...