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Steve McKeever led to McComb's first record deal. At the time, McKeever was scouting for a new jazz-oriented Motown imprint called MoJazz. The contract was signed on the strength of one live performance and an admittedly poor recording of a song called "Time and Time Again."
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was looking for a male vocalist for a new band he was beginning. A song called "Mona Lisas and Mad
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