Background
Boone was born Michael John Schroeder in Wells, Minnesota, and raised in Saint Joseph, Minnesota, where he sang in church choirs and learned to play trumpet and piano.
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Cooper Boone
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Career
He holds two masters degrees and a doctoral degree in clinical psychology. Psychology Boone moved to New York City in 1994, where he started a clinical psychology practice, working on issues including drug addiction, 9/11 survivors, couples counseling, career problems and stress management. In 2010, he submitted an application to American Broadcasting Company"s "Dear Global Media Arts Advice Guru" contest, as a part of Good Morning America’s search for an on-air advice guru.
Of 15,000 applicants, he was named one of four finalists and was featured giving advice on an episode of Good Morning America on January 24, 2011.
Cooking Boone has been a featured guest chef on various television programs and hosts a website, Cooper’s Table, where he shares his recipes and happenings on his farm.
Achievements
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Boone was named Best Country Artist at the 2008 Hollywood Music. Won Musikfest’s 2008 Battle of the Bands showcase, earning a spot at the 10-day music festival held annually in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Won a 2010 Independent Music Award for Country Vox Population Won a 2009 Independent Singer-Songwriter Award for Country Song for "Mending Fences". And has been nominated for Hollywood Music in Media and Los Angeles Music He has opened for headliners including Trace Adkins, Craig Morgan, The Bacon Brothers and Bob Guiney, and performed at the 1996 Mission America"s Outstanding Teen pageant as a featured soloist. He interviewed Paula Deen, Trisha Yearwood, Tyler Florence and others for Country Living magazine at the 2011 New York City Wine and Food Festival, and is host of the Country Living Blue Ribbon Blogger.
