Bob Galombeck is founder and musical director of Hot Hits Music Group, LLC, and Vice President of Houston Productions. With an AA and BS in Music Education, and a Masters Degree in Music Performance, Bob has been around the Twin Cities music scene since 1977 as a performer, music educator, producer, consultant, and businessman in the entertainment industry. Some of the artists Bob has either performed on stage with, warmed up, or worked behind the scenes with include Isaac Hayes, Juice Newton, BJ Thomas, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Conti Condole, Phil Wilson, Peter Nero, Paul Winter, Tanya Tucker, Restless Heart, Ides of March, Holiday on Ice tour group, Waylon Jennings, Gorden Lightfoot, John Cafferty, Asia, Lisa Lisa, Expose' and many others. Bob has also worked with countless musicians in the local Twin Cities Metro area over the past 30+ years... Bob's company, Hot Hits Music Group, LLC was formed in the Twin Cities as a show and production development company. It is the home for Hot Hits Orchestra and Tributes to Roy Orbison, John Fogerty and CCR, Loretta Lynn and Friends, and others. It has been growing into a talent pool of high quality artists since 2007. Bob also performs with Straighten up and Fly Right, a Nat King Cole tribute, Colleen Raye's Girl Singers of the Hit Parade, and Colleen Raye's Girl Singers Christmas show, Steve Clarke's Working Stiffs jump blues band, and a variety of other local musicians on a regular basis. Bob was very instrumental in the early 90's in the development of Music Tech, now the McNally Smith College of Music, as head of the bass program, head of the ensemble program, head of the music business program, and assistant to the program director. Bob is also entertainment director for Ramble Jam, the twin cities only country music festival, and is the lesson coordinator and bass and cello instructor at Groth Music in Bloomington MN. |
