Bobby Cressey

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Bobby Cressey (born 1981) is an American musician and composer who is the stadium organist for Major League Baseball's San Diego Padres. [1]

Cressey also plays organ for the San Diego Gulls and the San Diego Sockers. [2] He has been playing organ at Petco Park for over ten years as of 2020. [2] When he plays daytime games for the Padres, his organ is in section 313 and he takes requests in person and over Twitter. [2] Cressey got the job in 2010 when he was at a special preview night for the Padres and the owners were discussing having "throwback" Thursday games with live organ music. [3] They disclosed they had no organ player in mind and Cressey introduced himself and persisted in suggesting himself until he got an audition and got the gig. [3] [4] He began by playing just Thursday games, but now plays day games and Sunday games. [4]

Cressey plays keyboards in the award-winning San Diego-based band The Mighty Untouchables. [5] he has recorded one solo album in 2017, Cali Native, with 20 local musicians. [6] [7] He has played music for video games including MLB 14 The Show, writing both original songs and other audio cues for the game. [3]

Personal life

Cressey was born in Carlsbad, California in 1981. [8] He graduated from the University of California San Diego with a degree in structural engineering. [8] He learned to play piano on his mother's Baldwin Acrosonic. He is married and he and his wife have one daughter. [8]

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  2. 1 2 3 Hamblin, Abby (April 25, 2019). "Meet the Padres, Gulls and Sockers organist who plays classics and "Game of Thrones" music - and takes requests". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
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  4. 1 2 "Bobby Cressey hustled to bring the organ to Petco Park". San Diego Reader. August 1, 2017. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Home". The Mighty Untouchables Band. March 11, 2020. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  6. ↑ "The Mighty Untouchables". San Diego Reader. December 29, 2020. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  7. ↑ Bush, Robert. "BOBBY CRESSEY & FRIENDS: Cali Native". San Diego Troubadour. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  8. 1 2 3 "Touching base: Bobby Cressey". The Kept Faith. March 26, 2020. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
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