RANGERS ORGANIST HERITAGE

RUSH ROBINSON

1972-1973

ARLINGTON STADIUM

CURRENTLY: ORGANIST, THE DANISH LUTHERAN CHURCH, YORBA LINDA, CALIFORNIA

TRIVIA: RUSH WAS THE INAUGURAL ORGANIST OF ARLINGTON STADIUM IN ITS MLB LIFE. HE ATTENDED UTA AND WAS THE FIRST ORGANIST OF CANYON CREEK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.


ORGAN: LOWERY CITATION SPINET

Myron MARTIN

1976

ARLINGTON STADIUM

CURRENTLY: PRESIDENT & CEO, THE SMITH CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA

TRIVIA: PLAYED A SINGLE SEASON, STUDYING AT UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS AT THE TIME. WENT ON TO PLAY TWO SEASONS FOR THE ATLANTA BRAVES.

ORGAN MODEL UNKNOWN

KEITH GRANT 

1982-1983

ARLINGTON STADIUM

CURRENTLY: OFFICIAL CAPOLOGIST OF THE DALLAS MAVERICKS

TRIVIA: KEITH WAS INVITED TO PLAY FOR THE RANGERS AND HELD THE JOB FOR TWO SEASONS, SIMULTANEOUSLY SERVING AS EQUIPMENT MANAGER WITH THE MAVERICKS BEFORE BEING PROMOTED BY THE YOUNG NBA TEAM.

ORGAN MODEL UNKNOWN

RICKY MOORE 

1983-1984

ARLINGTON STADIUM

CURRENTLY: UNKNOWN

TRIVIA: RICKY WORKED FOR A DFW MUSICAL INSTRUMENT DEALER THAT DID A TRADE WITH THE RANGERS FOR USE OF A TECHNICS G7 SPINET ORGAN.

TECHNICS G7 SHOWN AT COMISKEY PARK DURING NANCY FAUST TENURE

ORGAN: TECHNICS g7 Console

† DON OWENS

1984-1985

ARLINGTON STADIUM

CURRENTLY: ORGANIST, FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, MINERAL WELLS, TEXAS UNTIL DEATH, SPRING 2023

TRIVIA: DON WORKED AT THE SAME DFW RETAILER AS RICKY MOORE AND TOOK OVER ORGANIST DUTIES FROM RICKY DURING THE 1984 SEASON. DON HAS AN EXTENSIVE CAREER IN CHURCH MUSIC AND IS A RETIRED EMERGENCY ROOM NURSE.

ORGAN: TECHNICS g7 CONSOLE

MARCIA ROGERS 

1994-2001

THE BALLPARK IN ARLINGTON

CURRENTLY: RETIRED

TRIVIA: MARCIA WAS THE INAUGURAL AND ONLY OFFICIAL ORGANIST OF THE BALLPARK IN ARLINGTON. SHE PLAYED FROM A CORNER OF THE VIDEO CONTROL ROOM AT THE THIRD BASE END OF THE PRESS BOX CONTROL ROOM.

ORGAN: TECHNICS FN-3 CONSOLE

DUSTIN TATRO

2020-PRESENT

GLOBE LIFE FIELD

OTHER ROLES: ORGANIST/CHOIRMASTER, ST. ANDREW'S ANGLICAN CHURCH, BRECKENRIDGE, TEXAS; OPERATIONS MANAGER/PROGRAM DIRECTOR/101.7 THE RAIDER HOST/ENGINEER, WESTEX COMMUNICATIONS, ABILENE, TEXAS 

TRIVIA: DUSTIN IS THE INAUGURAL AND CURRENT ORGANIST OF GLOBE LIFE FIELD. HE IS A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER OF OVER A DECADE AND HOLDS CURRENT TEXAS EMS CERTIFICATION.

ORGAN: 1951 HAMMOND C-2 & JR-40 TONE CABINET, RESTORED TO STOCK