McLaughlin's mother was a librarian in Culver City, California and she and her husband were also musicians and performed at dances in various cities in Southern California. When McLaughlin was sixteen years old he got a job in a music store, cleaning, repairing and shipping horns to the service men and in 1915 he performed with a band on the Santa Monica Pier. Throughout the coming years he played in several bands including the legendary Paul Whiteman but when Whiteman took his band to the East coast, McLaughlin stayed in Los Angeles. McLaughlin also played with the Max Fisher band at Santa Barbara's Biltmore Hotel. He continued repairing woodwind instruments up until the time of his death.
McLaughlin's mother was a librarian in Culver City, California and she and her husband were also musicians and performed at dances in various cities in Southern California. When McLaughlin was sixteen years old he got a job in a music store, cleaning, repairing and shipping horns to the service men and in 1915 he performed with a band on the Santa Monica Pier. Throughout the coming years he played in several bands including the legendary Paul Whiteman but when Whiteman took his band to the East coast, McLaughlin stayed in Los Angeles. McLaughlin also played with the Max Fisher band at Santa Barbara's Biltmore Hotel. He continued repairing woodwind instruments up until the time of his death.
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