W.B.’s Book Report: Tommy James’ autobiography

The magic just grabs some people.

My cousin’s dear one shared his copy of a book by Tommy James called Me, the Mob and the Music, and I raced through the first half last night. It’s quite a tale.

It’s the story of a kid who was gripped by the magic early in life and singing in bar bands by the time he became a teenager. It’s the story of how he saw a rival band drive a crowd nuts with an obscure B-side called “Hanky Panky” and had his band record the song and score a regional hit in no...