Jerome "Jeremy" McComb (born in

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) is an American

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artist and former tour manager for comedian

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. In 2008, he signed to Parallel/New Revolution Records and released his debut album ''My Side of Town'' that year. This album produced the singles "Wagon Wheel", "This Town Needs a Bar" and "Cold". Although the first two singles did not chart, "Cold" has become his first entry on the ''

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'' country charts, debuting at No. 58 in November.

Biography

Jeremy McComb was born in Idaho. His father, Bob, was a local musician who played six nights a week and regularly brought him to venues where he performed. McComb made his singing debut at age eight, when his father invited him to join him onstage to sing

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's " On the Road Again". Later on, McComb found work as a music director and disc jockey at the radio station KIXZ-FM in

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. He then befriended comedian

while working at the station, and was hired as the comedian's tour manager in 2004 at age 23. McComb began working on his music while serving as Larry's manager. While with the comedian, he was introduced to J.P. Williams, the CEO of Parallel Entertainment. He was then sent to a studio in

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, where he began recording his debut album. Initially, it was to have been released on a division of

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, but legal difficulties forced Williams to release it on his own label instead. Entitled ''My Side of Town'', it was released on Parallel/New Revolution in June 2008, and was produced by Paul Riddle of the

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. The first single from the album, " Wagon Wheel," was originally recorded by

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and later by the

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and

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. Following it was "This Town Needs a Bar," which was written by

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and

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, and was originally featured in the soundtrack to the film '' Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector''. The first two singles both failed to chart, although the third single, "Cold", debuted at number 58 on the ''

'' country charts in November 2008 and peaked at number 43. ''

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'' magazine gave ''My Side of Town'' three-and-a-half stars out of five, calling it "one of the year's most encouraging lbums. "Cold" received a favorable review from the country music review site Roughstock, whose critic Matt Bjorke called it "a ballad which details the difficulties that people sometimes have in getting over a relationship…McComb sings about feeling numb, or 'Cold' about the way that the relationship ended." Following his major label debut McComb independently released an EP titled "Leap and the Net will Appear". Which included the song "Easy as breathing" co-written with

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producer & collaborator) The song while never worked as a single picked up AirPlay across the country.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Music videos

References

External links

Official website
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