James Robert Boggio | |
Birth Date: | 11 December 1939 |
Birth Place: | Illinois |
Death Place: | Cotati, California |
Occupation: | Musician |
Instrument: | Accordion, piano, organ, trumpet |
James Robert Boggio (December 11, 1939[1] - November 6, 1996) was an American accordionist. He died of heart failure in Cotati, California, aged 56.[2] A statue of him stands in La Plaza Park, near the center of Cotati.[3]
Boggio's professional music career began with Frankie Yankovic. He studied music at San Francisco State University. 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.