Interesting thread that I came to late. I graduated from Niles High in 1958. I didn't know Tommy James, but my ex-sister-in-law did. I can't remember if she was in the same class or not, but he was more a contemporary of hers. She claimed at one time that he was denying his Niles roots, but mention of them seemed pretty prominant whenever I saw him in later years. Last time was at the Michigan Festival in East Lansing, can't remember exactly which year he was there.

And, M.Ted, Lansing has been my home for almost 30 years now.