Career
He has recorded and toured with Joe Jackson since his first album, appearing on most of Jackson"s albums and tours. He has continued to record and tour with Jackson even while working with other artists. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, he toured with Graham Parker, Garland Jeffreys, the Silos, and Darden Smith, among others
In 1996, Maby joined They Might Be Giants recording and touring with them.
From 1998 until 2002 he recorded and toured with Natalie Merchant"s band. Maby has also appeared on recordings with Marshall Crenshaw, Joan Baez, Freedy Johnston,, Ian Hunter, Regina Spektor and Dar Williams.
Along with playing bass, Maby also produced several tracks on Johnston"s 1992 album. Graham"s wife, Mary Beth (nee 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.