Ex-Padre Tim Flannery Readies To Rock San Diego

SAN DIEGO, CA —Former Padres fan favorite and acclaimed musician and singer/songwriter Tim Flannery will perform at a San Diego County free concert this weekend.

The ex-Major League infielder and coach will perform with his band, The Lunatic Fringe, Saturday at 1 p.m. at Grand Ole BBQ Flinn Springs in El Cajon (15505 Olde Hwy 80).

Flannery played his entire 11-year major league career (1979-1989) in San Diego and served as manager Bruce Bochy’s third base coach with the Padres for seven years from 1996 to 2002.

He also served as the San Francisco Giants third base coach under Bochy from 2007 to 2014, including during the team’s three World Series championship seasons.

Flannery retired from coaching in 2014 after the Giants won their third World Series championship in five years.

Flannery cites Kentucky hillsides and his Celtic roots among his primary musical influences.

His bluegrass ballads typically describe his travels and the characters he's met along the way.

"I'm a baseball man who's always played music," Flannery told ESPN in a 2010 interview.

Flannery is seen in this YouTube video performing "Hillbilly Rain" in a 2014 Brian Stow benefit at Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley.

Stow is the Giants fan who suffered serious injuries during a 2011 attack at Dodgers Stadium.

Flannery was drafted by the San Diego Padres and played 11 seasons in the majors with the team from 1979 to 1989.

"Tim is like a two-sport star with his music and baseball… And he can do it well," country music star Garth Brooks said of Flannery according to the band's official website.