Ideas worth spreading

"San Francisco"

The Ferocious Few • TED@IBM

A musical duo from the streets of San Francisco bring a healthy dose of rock-n-roll grit to the TED@IBM stage. With a stripped-down performance of "San Francisco", they aim to encourage musicians and fans to question boundaries and push limits.

A musical duo from the streets of San Francisco bring a healthy dose of rock-n-roll grit to the TED@IBM stage. With a stripped-down performance of "San Francisco", they aim to encourage musicians and fans to question boundaries and push limits.

This talk was presented at a TED Institute event given in partnership with IBM.

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About the speaker

The Ferocious Few

Musical outlaws

Francisco Fernandez has been the bucking force behind his unstoppable outlaw cowboy band for the last ten years. The Ferocious Few's punkabilly roadhouse rock & roll has commanded attention everywhere they play, charging upwards from the streets of San Francisco to headlining SF's The Great American Music Hall and opening for Cyndi Lauper on her Memphis Blues tour as well as festivals such as Coachella and Lightning in a Bottle.

About TED Institute

Every year, TED works with a group of select companies and foundations to identify internal ideators, inventors, connectors, and creators. Drawing on the same rigorous regimen that has prepared speakers for the TED main stage, TED Institute works closely with each partner, overseeing curation and providing intensive one-on-one talk development to sharpen and fine tune ideas. The culmination is an event produced, recorded, and hosted by TED, generating a growing library of valuable TED Talks that can spur innovation and transform organizations.

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This talk was presented at a TED Institute event given in partnership with IBM.

Read more about the TED Institute.