b. Flint, Michigan, USA. This Philadelphia-based singer-songwriter started playing guitar at the age of five and was writing songs by his early teens. Partial blindness meant he found increasing refuge in music, and by the late 80s he had left his native Michigan and moved to Philadelphia. He held down a day job and persevered with a failing marriage for a number of years, but music remained an integral part of his life. By the late 90s Boggia had become entrenched in the Manayunk-based music scene, hosting an open mic night at the Grape Street and backing established artists such as Jill Sobule and Bernadette Peters. His 2001 debut, Fidelity Is The Enemy, was a glorious recreation of late 60s/early 70s era pop rock, with unusual instrumentation including the glockenspiel, sleigh bells and the Theremin thrown into the mix.

Listen to Jim Boggia at Finetune.

• (2005)  Safe In Sound

• Live The Proof
• Made Me So Happy
• Shine
• Supergirl
• Rainy Day in Manayunk

• Ben Folds
• Rufus Wainwright
• Oasis
• Coldplay
• Queen
• Brian Wilson
• Ed Harcourt
• Electric Light Orchestra
• Herman's Hermits
• Lenny Kravitz
• Mike Viola and the Candy Butchers
• Puffy Ami Yumi
• Ray Davies
• Starling Electric
• The Goo Goo Dolls
• The Minus Five
• The Swimmers
• Adele
• Rachael Yamagata
• Ray LaMontagne

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