Bob Blumer Chef, host of Food Network’s The Surreal Gourmet, Glutton for Punishment, and World’s Weirdest Restaurants, author, and illustrator.
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Michael Horn Co-Founder & Executive Director of Education at the Innosight Institute, innovation keynote speaker.
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Rick Bayless Chef, restaurateur, award-winning author, and accolade-winning Mexican cuisine.
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Andy Cohen Business consultant, innovator, and art & entertainment keynote speaker.
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John Foley Founder and President of CenterPoint Companies, Naval instructor pilot, leadership and motivational keynote speaker.
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Hoobastank American rock band best known for their hit “The Reason”, which peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2004.
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Los Lonely Boys A stunning fusion of electric blues and Texas roots, of soulful grooves and good old-fashioned rock’n’roll, of searing six-string licks and Latin beats.
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Matchbox Twenty Rock band, first release Yourself or Someone Like You in 1996.
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Better Than Ezra This alternative rock trio, formed in 1988, has managed to keep an aura of mystery surrounding their name for over two decades.
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Violent Femmes The textbook American cult band of the 1980s, the Violent Femmes captured the essence of teen angst with remarkable precision.
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Wallflowers As part of the mid-’90s revival of roots-rock, the Wallflowers held a special connection to one of the original inspirations: vocalist, songwriter, guitarist Jakob Dylan.
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Lee DeWyze Best known for winning the ninth season of American Idol, the Illinois native had a solo career prior to his audition for the show, having formed the Lee DeWyze Band.
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America “A Horse With No Name” made folk-rock band America famous in the United States, Europe and beyond, leading the way for an impressive string of hits to follow.
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Jennifer Hudson R&B recording artist, actress and spokesperson who came to prominence in 2004 as a finalist on the third season of American Idol.
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The Roots The Philadelphia group showed the way for live rap, building on Stetsasonic’s “hip-hop band” philosophy of the mid-’80s by focusing on live instrumentation at their concerts and in the studio.
