Mahlon Clark

Mahlon Clark. Music Department: The Pleasure of His Company. Clarinettist and alto saxophonist Mahlon Clark performed with the bands of Lawrence Welk, Ray McKinley and Will Bradley during the big band era. He had a background in vaudeville before becoming a musician at the age of sixteen. Based on Santa Catalina island during World War II, he entertaining troops on furlough as part of a merchant marine band. In 1945,...