Jim Boggio

James Robert Boggio was an American accordionist. He died of heart failure in Cotati, California, 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. He studied music at San Francisco State University. 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/swamp boogie band called the Sonoma Swampdogs and owned a music store called Cotati Accordions.