Bobby Cressey (born 1981) is an American musician and composer who is the

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for

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. Cressey also plays organ for the San Diego Gulls and the San Diego Sockers. He has been playing organ at

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for over ten years as of 2020. When he plays daytime games for the Padres, his organ is in section 313 and he takes requests in person and over Twitter. 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. 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. He began by playing just Thursday games, but now plays day games and Sunday games. Cressey plays keyboards in the award-winning San Diego-based band The Mighty Untouchables. he has recorded one solo album in 2017, ''Cali Native'', with 20 local musicians. He has played music for video games including

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, writing both original songs and other audio cues for the game.

Personal life

Cressey was born in

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in 1981. He graduated from the

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with a degree in structural engineering. He learned to play piano on his mother's Baldwin Acrosonic. He is married and he and his wife have one daughter.

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