Thomas McClary and David Luck

Podcast: The Neil Haley Show · Neil Haley

Opublikowano: 2026-10-30

On the celebrity segment, Neil welcomes Thomas McClary, legendary founding guitarist of The Commodores, to talk about his memoir Rock & Soul. McClary recounts the band’s origin at Tuskegee University, where, standing in a freshman registration line, he struck up a conversation with a shy student whistling a jazz tune, Lionel Richie, and set out to form a band for a talent show. That group, first the Mystics, merged with another campus band to become the Commodores, a name landed on by flipping open a dictionary. McClary reflects on how songs like Three Times a Lady, Brick House, Easy, and Zo...