James Robert Boggio (December 11, 1939
–November 6, 1996) was an American accordionist. He died of heart failure in
Cotati, California
Cotati (; Miwok: ''Kota’ti'') is a city in Sonoma County, California, United States, located approximately north of San Francisco in U.S. Route 101 in California, the 101 corridor between Rohnert Park, California, Rohnert Park and Petaluma, ...
, aged 56.
A statue of him stands in La Plaza Park, near the center of Cotati.
Career
Boggio's professional music career began with
Frankie Yankovic
Frank John Yankovic (July 28, 1915 – October 14, 1998) was an American accordion player and polka musician. Known as "America's Polka King", Yankovic was considered the premier artist to play in the Slovenian style during his long career. He ...
. He studied music at
San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University (San Francisco State, SF State and SFSU) is a Public university, public research university in San Francisco, California, United States. It was established in 1899 as the San Francisco State Normal School and is ...
. Jim and his then wife Judy created a lounge act called The Fiascos in the 1960s. They recorded one album: Live at the Sahara Tahoe.
From 1991 to 1996, he organized the
Cotati Accordion Festival. He had a
Zydeco
Zydeco ( ; ) is a music genre that was created in rural Southwest Louisiana by French speaking, Afro-Americans of Creole heritage. It blends African and Caribbean rhythms, blues and rhythm and blues with music indigenous to the Louisiana ...
/
swamp boogie band called the Sonoma Swampdogs and owned a music store called Cotati Accordions.
See also
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Dawg Duos''
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Dan Hicks (singer)
Daniel Ivan Hicks (December 9, 1941 – February 6, 2016) was an American singer-songwriter and musician, and the leader of Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks. His idiosyncratic style combined elements of Folk music, cowboy folk, jazz, Country musi ...
References
1996 deaths
Musicians from the San Francisco Bay Area
People from Cotati, California
San Francisco State University alumni
1939 births
20th-century American accordionists
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