Graham Maby
Background information
Born (1952-09-01) 1 September 1952 (age 73)
Gosport, Hampshire, England
GenresPunk rock, new wave, pop, power pop, folk
OccupationsBassist, proofreader, producer
InstrumentsVocals, bass
Years active1978–present
LabelsA&M, Virgin, Sony, Ryko

Graham Maby (born 1 September 1952) is an English bass guitar player. He has recorded and toured with Joe Jackson since his first album and appeared on most of Jackson's albums and tours.[1]

Personal life and career

Maby was born and raised in the central south coast town of Gosport. Working exclusively with Joe Jackson since the late 1970s, in the mid-1980s, he began working live and in the studio with Marshall Crenshaw. In the early 1990s, he toured with Graham Parker, Garland Jeffreys, the Silos, and Darden Smith. From 1995 to 1997, Maby played bass for They Might Be Giants. From 1998 to 2002, he recorded and toured with Natalie Merchant. Maby has also recorded and toured with Joan Baez, Freedy Johnston, Henry Lee Summer, Ian Hunter, Regina Spektor, Chris Stamey, Shivaree, and Dar Williams.[2][3]

Along with playing bass, Maby also produced several tracks on Johnston's 1992 album, Can You Fly. He appeared in the 1986 movie Peggy Sue Got Married as a member of Marshall Crenshaw's band, and very briefly in the 2019 Todd Phillips movie Joker as a member of the "Murray Franklin Show" band.[citation needed]

His first-born son Christopher, a musician and actor, died in 1998.[4][5]

Discography

With Joe Jackson

Year Title
1979 Look Sharp!
I'm the Man
1980 Beat Crazy
1981 Jumpin' Jive
1982 Night and Day
1983 Mike's Murder
1984 Body and Soul
1988 Live 1980/86
1989 Blaze of Glory
1991 Laughter & Lust
1994 Night Music
2000 Summer in the City: Live in New York
Night and Day II
2003 Volume 4
2004 Afterlife
2008 Rain
2011 Live Music - Europe 2010
2012 Live at Rockpalast
2015 Fast Forward ("New York" section)
2019 Fool
2026 Hope and Fury

With They Might Be Giants

Year Title
1993 Why Does the Sun Shine?
1994 Back to Skull
John Henry
1996 Factory Showroom
1998 Severe Tire Damage
1999 Long Tall Weekend
2000 Working Undercover for the Man

With Natalie Merchant

Year Title
1998 Ophelia
1999 Live in Concert
2001 Motherland
2003 The House Carpenter's Daughter

With Freedy Johnston

Year Title
1992 Can You Fly
1993 Unlucky
1994 This Perfect World
1997 Never Home
2001 Right Between the Promises

With Marshall Crenshaw

Year Title
1987 Mary Jean & 9 Others
1989 Good Evening
1994 Live ...My Truck Is My Home
2003 What's in the Bag?

With Ian Hunter

Year Title
2007 Shrunken Heads

With Joan Baez

Year Title
2005 Bowery Songs

With Dar Williams

Year Title
2000 The Green World

With Regina Spektor

Year Title
2003 Soviet Kitsch

With Chris Stamey

Year Title
1987 It's Alright
1991 Fireworks

With Darden Smith

Year Title
1993 Little Victories
1996 Deep Fantastic Blue

With Henry Lee Summer

Year Title
1988 Henry Lee Summer
1989 I've Got Everything

With Nina Hagen

Year Title
2011 Volksbeat

References

  1. ^ "The Joe Jackson Archive: Graham Maby". Jj-archive.net. 22 September 2008. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  2. ^ Prato, Greg (26 September 2002). "Graham Maby". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  3. ^ "Graham Maby - Joe Jackson Band (BGM Issue 29)". Bassguitarmagazine.com. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  4. ^ A Cure for Gravity, autobiography, Joe Jackson, Da Capo Press, 2000, ISBN 978-0306810015
  5. ^ Rachel Woods; Julie Maby; Carol Hilwyn (26 October 2007). "Family life | Life and style". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 17 July 2011.