Billy Ray Smith is a former NFL Linebacker for the San Diego Chargers. He was drafted as the 5th pick in the 1st round of the 1983 NFL Draft and was the first defensive player taken in the draft. Billy was the Chargers team MVP, and the team defensive player of the year. Smith was voted Second-team All-AFC... read full bio
Dan Hampton was a first-round draft pick of the Chicago Bears following an All-America season at the University of Arkansas. Hampton played 12 seasons with the Bears. Six times he earned first- or second-team All-Pro honors as either a defensive tackle or defensive end. In his first season he was credited with 70 tackles, 48 of which were solo efforts,... read full bio
Four-year starter and 3rd round pick in the 2004 NFL draft, Caleb Miller redefined the Linebacker position for the University of Arkansas Razorbacks. Through out his tenure for the Razorbacks, Caleb achieved great success and was selected second team All-SEC performer, as well as MVP of the 2004 Independence Bowl. Caleb was a great student, earning Southeastern and Verizon all-District... read full bio
"As a player Dusty Baker spent 16 prestigious seasons with Atlanta, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Oakland. Dusty went to three World Series with the Dodgers and beat the New York Yankees in 1981 to win the World Championship. He was named to the All-Time Los Angeles Dodger team and as a Manager named to the All-Time San Francisco Giants... read full bio
Jim Brazell is a consultant, researcher and orator focusing on 21st century issues including community competitiveness, educational innovation, emerging technology and jobs. Jims clients include think tanks, companies, universities, community colleges, workforce boards, economic development organizations and K-12 schools. ... read full bio
Terry Brock is an internationally recognized speaker and trainer in the areas of technology, the Internet and marketing. He has worked with professionals from organizations in many different fields including real estate, accounting, architecture, banking, sales, marketing, computers and others. He is a speaker in demand because of his practical, easy-to-understand manner and style. Brock is a regular columnist for... read full bio
Tracey Gold is well known to audiences throughout the world. She has appeared in feature films, television series and movies-of-the-week. As a teenager she starred in Growing Pains" for seven years, playing wholesome, brainy Carol Seaver in a picture-perfect eighties family. Gold was a pretty and professional young star with a limitless future. But behind the smiles she was... read full bio
A truly talented photographic artist, highly acclaimed underwater photographer David Doubilet has been a contract photographer for numerous articles, and he is known for his amazing work published primarily by National Geographic Magazine. Exploring the world's waters, Doubilet has photographed in the depths of such places as the southwest Pacific, New Zealand, Canada, Japan, Tasmania, Scotland, and the northwest Atlantic.... read full bio
When a natural disaster hits, Tad Agoglia is one of the first to arrive at the scene. As founder of The First Response Team, Tad works with his four-man cleanup crew to provide emergency aid to disaster victims by whatever means necessary. Whether it is using a crane to open up the road for Emergency trucks, navigating his hovercraft through... read full bio
Jonny Lampert is an American stand-up comedian who has been a regular at the best of Los Angeles and New York City’s comedy clubs including, The Comic Strip, Gotham Comedy Club, Caroline’s Comedy Club and The Improv. He’s also been on television networks such as A&E, Comedy Central, MTV, HBO, NBC, and on the series “Gotham Comedy Live”. Lampert has... read full bio
Eldon Huff is a fresh take on the kind of music you wish was still being made, a musical melting pot of soul, blues, country, and rock. He incorporates the music that has timelessly resonated with audiences throughout the generations, but puts his own mix to it. His songs are honest, inspired, and true to his heart. Poetically standing... read full bio
Elvin Bishop is a blues and rock and roll musician and guitarist. Bishop has recorded many blues songs with many artists. He played guitar for several tracks on Bo Diddley's The 20th Anniversary of Rock 'n' Roll album, and he toured with B.B. King. Bishop's most memorable single, Fooled Around and Fell in Love" peaked at #3 in the U.S.... read full bio
Roy Rogers plays a variety of guitar styles related to the Delta blues, but is most often recognized for his slide work. He was a member of John Lee Hooker's Coast to Coast Band. Rogers produced and/or played on several of Hooker's best-known albums, including Boom Boom, Mr. Lucky, and the Grammy winning effort, The Healer. The 2000's have been... read full bio
Carters Chord is, as the name implies, a musical triad of proverbial notes in perfect and beautiful harmony: three singing and songwriting sisters who were literally born into and raised on music. Becky, Emily and Joanna Robertson were blessed with music by their parents, Barny and Carter Robertson, who toured and recorded with Waylon Jennings during the height of the... read full bio
Jon Peter Lewis is an American singer and songwriter, and was one of the finalists on the third season of the reality/talent-search television series American Idol. He would frequently be referred to by the judges and Ryan Seacrest as simply JPL. While JPL was once part of what he dubs an “all-star chorus” on the American Idols Live Tour-his acclaimed,... read full bio
Founded thirteen years ago at a booze and hallucinogen-fueled party at the Dabbs Hotel along the river in Llano, Texas, the Asylum Street Spankers stand as one of America's most distinctive groups. Defiantly acoustic, fiercely independent and absurdly good, the Spankers have been led by founders Christina Marrs and Wammo from being a country-blues revival act playing happy hours in... read full bio
The Empire Brass enjoys an international reputation as the finest brass quintet. The Empire Brass is the first brass ensemble to win the prestigious Naumberg Chamber Music Award. The Empire Brass quintet tours regularly in North America, Europe, and Asia. They have been the Faculty Quintet-in-Residence at Boston University for thirteen years. The Empire Brass has appeared on ABC's Good... read full bio
Roberta Peters is an American coloratura soprano. One of the most prominent American singers to achieve lasting fame and success in opera, Peters is noted for her 35-year association with the Metropolitan Opera Company in New York. She was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1998.... read full bio
After signing with RCA Records, Jeff Bates put out two albums: Leave the Light On, his second RCA album, and Rainbow Man, his debut album. Seven chart singles from Bates' two RCA albums appeared on the Billboard country charts; three of them, "The Love Song," "I Wanna Make You Cry," and "Long, Slow Kisses," made it to the Top... read full bio
The Abaca String Band is a string quintet that began by performing for membership events at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. While a group that is centered in the New York metropolitan area is also privy to playing and arranging mountains of different kinds of music, the concert for the Abaca String Band is quite the experience.... read full bio
