Book - Me, the Mob, and the Music: One Helluva Ride with Tommy James & The Shondells
This book is about Tommy James’s wild and entertaining story of his career—part rock & roll fairytale, part valentine to a bygone era, and part mob epic
Author: Martin Fitzpatrick and Tommy James
ISBN: 9781439128657
Publisher: Scribner
Date: 2010
Excerpt:
"Because of all the personal connections, I felt like I had a stake in this act. Every time I hear that first Cowsills hit, it evokes memories of that time and place. It was one of the greatest-sounding records I ever heard. It was as powerfully emotional and evocative as "Good Vibrations" by the Beach Boys. When the NBC network had such a great success with the Monkees TV show, ABC wanted to get into the act and they conceived a show based on and starring the Cowsills, but there was so much haggling with the father that the deal fell through and the musical actress Shirley Jones and her son David Cassidy went on to star in The Partridge Family, which was one of the highest-rated television shows in the early seventies. David Cassidy is still performing the hits from the TV show to this day."
