Can any of the musicians on the board help me out with information regarding the various keyboards that Benmont has in the "fortress" that surrounds him during concerts?

From some DVD footage I can tell that his grand piano is a Yamaha and that one of his other keyboards is by Yamaha as well.

Does anybody have more specific information about the total number of keyboards used and types of keyboards that he is playing?

Thanks in advance for any information that you can provide.

From "Performing Songwriter" magazine:

What's in your current stage setup?

If you go clockwise from where my left hand is, you'll have a Hammond C3 with a Wurlitzer on top. Then where my right hand is, you'll have a Yamaha grand piano, and on top of it will be some kind of synthesizer that is either analog/digital or does a good analog emulation and can also be used to trigger Chamberlin samples. Directly opposite the Hammond and to the right of the grand piano will be a Vox Continental organ, and on top of that either a Wurlitzer and a [Yamaha] DX7 or just the DX7. Sometimes it's good to have two Wurlitzers because you want to play them in combination with different instruments.

Has that arrangement evolved over the years?

It's changed. The only constant is the piano in the same place with the synth on top and the Hammond with the Wurlitzer on top. I didn't get a Hammond until the Heartbreakers started touring, and it was partly to make up for the lack of [singing] voices. "Breakdown" has a lot of background vocals. Stanley and I, and sometimes [bass player] Ron [Blair], would sing harmony, but the Hammond was another texture to throw in.

http://www.harmony-central.com...ng_songwriter/tench/

Witi,

That was fast. Thanks. The entire article provided by the link was a fun read.

Indian

You're welcome, Indian. I can be resourceful, at times.