Matthew Malley

Matthew Mark Malley was born on July 4th, 1963 in Oakland, California to Patrick Malley, a World War 2 Veteran and Berkeley fireman and Sara Malley, a stay at home mom. Matt has an older brother, James who is severely autistic. He also has 2 half-siblings, William and Laura Malley. A third half-sibling, Patrick, is deceased. His father was of Irish descent and his mother is of English and Scottish ancestry. Matt grew up in Oakland and lived there until his mid-30's when he moved to Southern California. Malley fell in love with the world of aviation at a young age and his father had him take flying lessons when he was 12 years old. On his 16th birthday in 1979, Matt soloed a Cessna 150 airplane in Concord, CA at Buchanan Field Airport. A couple of years after high school, Matt tried a year of college at Lambuth College in Jackson, Tennessee as a piano major. When he came back to California at the end of the school year, he joined a bluegrass band as their bass player and toured the U.S.