In 1972, McClary and the Commodores signed with Berry Gordy and Motown Records. The group played local gigs then added more members and changed their name to the Commodores. McClary played the lead guitar and, early on, shared in the lead vocals. The two became friends and in 1968 they began to put together a band which they called The Mystics. CareerĪs a student at Tuskegee, McClary met Lionel Richie in the registration line. After graduation, McClary went to college at Tuskegee University in Alabama where he majored in business. McClary began playing music at a very early age, starting with the ukulele and then adding the acoustic guitar and later the electric guitar to his repertoire. He became one of the first African-American students to integrate the Florida school system prior to the enforcement of Brown v. McClary was born in Eustis, Florida, in 1949. Thomas McClary (born October 6, 1949) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer best known as the co-founder and lead guitarist of The Commodores.
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