Graham Maby (born 1 September 1952), is an English
bass guitar
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player. He has recorded and toured with
Joe Jackson since his first
album
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, appearing on most of Jackson's albums and tours. He has continued to record and tour with Jackson even while working with other artists.
Maby was born in
Gosport
Gosport ( ) is a town and non-metropolitan borough on the south coast of Hampshire, South East England. At the 2011 Census, its population was 82,662. Gosport is situated on a peninsula on the western side of Portsmouth Harbour, opposite t ...
. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, he toured with
Graham Parker
Graham Thomas Parker (born 18 November 1950) is an English singer-songwriter, who is best known as the lead singer of the British band Graham Parker & the Rumour.
Life and career Early career (1960s–1976)
Parker was born in Hackney, East L ...
,
Garland Jeffreys
Garland Jeffreys (born June 29, 1943) is an American singer and songwriter in rock and roll, reggae, blues, and soul music.
Career
Jeffreys is from Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, of African American and Puerto Rican heritage. He majored in art hist ...
,
the Silos
The Silos is an American rock band formed by Walter Salas-Humara and Bob Rupe in New York City, United States in 1985.
History
Prior to starting the Silos, Salas-Humara had been a member of The Vulgar Boatmen, and Bob Rupe was in Florida ban ...
, and Darden Smith, among others. In 1996, Maby joined
They Might Be Giants
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, recording and touring with them. From 1998 until 2002, he recorded and toured with
Natalie Merchant
Natalie Anne Merchant (born October 26, 1963) is an American alternative rock singer-songwriter. She joined the band 10,000 Maniacs in 1981 and was lead vocalist and primary lyricist for the group. She remained with the group for their first se ...
's band. Maby has also
recorded with
Marshall Crenshaw
Marshall Howard Crenshaw (born November 11, 1953) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and guitarist best known for hit songs such as " Someday, Someway," a US top 40 hit in 1982, " Cynical Girl," and " Whenever You're on My Mind." He ...
,
Joan Baez
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,
Freedy Johnston
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Johnston's songs are often about troubled loners, and cover topics like heartbreak, alienation, and disappointm ...
,
Henry Lee Summer
Henry Lee Summer (born Henry Lee Swartz; July 5, 1955) is an American rock singer and musician from Indiana.
Career
Born in Brazil, Indiana, Summer played basketball in high school and received a scholarship to play at a college in Montana. How ...
,
Ian Hunter,
Regina Spektor
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After self-releasing her first three records and gaining popularity in ...
and
Dar Williams
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She i ...
.
Along with playing bass, Maby also
produced several
tracks on Johnston's 1992 album, ''
Can You Fly
''Can You Fly'' is the second album by singer-songwriter Freedy Johnston. It was released in 1992 on Bar/None Records. ''Can You Fly'' appeared on ''Fast Folk''s year-end list of the ten best albums of 1992,Allen, Jim"The Ten Best Albums of 1992" ...
''. He can be seen in the 1986 movie ''
Peggy Sue Got Married
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'' as a member of Marshall Crenshaw's band.
Graham's wife, Mary Beth (née Bernard) Maby, died on 12 January 2012 after a two-year battle with bladder cancer. He has two children, Claire
and Pierce.
His first-born son Christopher, also an aspiring musician and actor, died in 1998.
Discography
With Joe Jackson:
*''
Look Sharp!''
*''
I'm the Man''
*''
Beat Crazy
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''
*''
Jumpin' Jive''
*''
Night and Day''
*''
Mike's Murder
''Mike's Murder'' is a 1984 American neo-noir mystery film written and directed by James Bridges and starring Debra Winger, Mark Keyloun and Paul Winfield.
Plot
In Los Angeles, bank teller Betty Parrish (Debra Winger) has a one-night stand with ...
''
*''
Body and Soul''
*''
Live 1980/86
''Live 1980/86'' is a Joe Jackson double live album, released in May 1988. It was recorded during the 1980 ''Beat Crazy'' tour, the 1982-83 '' Night and Day'' tour, the 1984 '' Body & Soul'' tour, and the 1986 '' Big World'' tour. Notably, ...
''
*''
Blaze of Glory''
*''
Laughter & Lust''
*''
Night Music''
*''
Summer in the City: Live in New York''
*''
Night and Day II''
*''
Volume 4''
*''
Afterlife
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''
*''
Rain
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''
*''
Live Music - Europe 2010
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Recordings for this album were made at the following locations:
* La Luciole in Alençon, France on 22 October 2010
* La Carenne in Brest, France on 23 Oct ...
''
*''
Live at Rockpalast''
*''
Fast Forward
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'' ("New York" section)
*''
Fool
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''
With They Might Be Giants:
*''
John Henry''
*''
Why Does The Sun Shine?'' (EP)
*''
Back To Skull
''Back to Skull'' is an EP released by American alternative rock group They Might Be Giants in 1994. The EP was issued contemporaneously with the band's 1994 album '' John Henry''. Artwork for the EP was done by Mike Mills.
Track listing
All son ...
''
*''
Factory Showroom
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The album reclaims the more diverse and electronic sound of their early work, but differed from previous ...
''
*''
Severe Tire Damage''
*''
Long Tall Weekend
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''
*''
Working Undercover For The Man''
With
Natalie Merchant
Natalie Anne Merchant (born October 26, 1963) is an American alternative rock singer-songwriter. She joined the band 10,000 Maniacs in 1981 and was lead vocalist and primary lyricist for the group. She remained with the group for their first se ...
:
*''
Ophelia
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''
*''Live in New York City''
*''
Motherland
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''
*''
The House Carpenter's Daughter
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''
With
Freedy Johnston
Freedy Johnston (born Frederic John Fatzer in 1961) is a New York City–based singer-songwriter originally from Kinsley, Kansas.
Johnston's songs are often about troubled loners, and cover topics like heartbreak, alienation, and disappointm ...
:
*''
Can You Fly
''Can You Fly'' is the second album by singer-songwriter Freedy Johnston. It was released in 1992 on Bar/None Records. ''Can You Fly'' appeared on ''Fast Folk''s year-end list of the ten best albums of 1992,Allen, Jim"The Ten Best Albums of 1992" ...
''
*''Unlucky''
*''
This Perfect World
''This Perfect World'' is the third album by singer-songwriter Freedy Johnston. It was released in 1994 on Elektra Records.
It is an album steeped in regret and loss. The narrator of "Across the Avenue" is unable to get past the memory of seein ...
'' (Elektra, 1994)
*''
Never Home''
*''Right Between the Promises''
With Marshall Crenshaw:
*''Mary Jean and Nine Others''
*''
Good Evening
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''
*''My Truck Is My Home''
*''What's In The Bag?''
With Ian Hunter:
*''
Shrunken Heads
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Headhunting has occurred in many regions of the world, but the practice of headshrinking has only been documented in the northwest ...
''
With Joan Baez:
*''
Bowery Songs
''Bowery Songs'' is a live album by American singer and musician Joan Baez, released in 2005. It was recorded during Baez' set at Manhattan's Bowery Ballroom.
Track listings
# " Finlandia" (Jean Sibelius, Georgia Harkness, Lloyd Stone) – 2:0 ...
''
With Dar Williams:
*''
The Green World''
With Regina Spektor:
*''
Soviet Kitsch''
With Chris Stamey:
*''It's Alright''
*''Fireworks''
With Darden Smith:
*''Little Victories''
*''Deep Fantastic Blue''
With Henry Lee Summer:
*''Henry Lee Summer''
*''I've Got Everything''
With Billy Simons:
*''Music For The Motion Picture''
See also
*
List of bass guitarists
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References
External links
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1952 births
Living people
English bass guitarists
English male guitarists
Male bass guitarists
People from Gosport
English session musicians
British rock bass guitarists
The Silos members