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Hot damn, I loved this band! And here is some fantastic newly discovered live footage of them at the peak of their powers. Thirty minutes of amped-up garage rock remastered in “Trash-o-Phonic stereo sound.” Live in Kalamazoo, Michigan on February 5, 1995.

I can’t remember if I was at this show, but I might’ve been. I used to go see them whenever I could. Freddy Fortune and Michael Maltese with Nat Cromlech, J.C. Graves, and the greatest drummer of all time: Dusty Sexton.

Check out the video and if you’re not familiar with Fortune & Maltese, you owe it to yourself to dig into them. Unfortunately, none of their stuff is available for streaming yet. So go find their records! They’re out there. Actually, the studio recordings of most of this set are collected on Get Hip’s Fortune & Maltese and the Phabulous Pallbearers compilation.

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Shorties

Early Fortune and Maltese video found: No Dice

July 7, 2010 Jake Brown Leave a comment

Video: Fortune & Maltese & The Phabulous Pallbeaers – “No Dice” (live at the Blind Pig in 1994)

This is awesome. Recently discovered early footage from one of the earliest F&M shows. Sixteen years later, rumor has it that Freddy and Mike have finally started the task of remastering all of their old material. Stay tuned!

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New Fortune and Maltese EP

September 11, 2004 Jake Brown 5 Comments

A brand new, star-studded Fortune & Maltese EP is coming soon from Get Hip. MP3 samples available here.

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Links

Fortune and Maltese in Las Vegas

May 14, 2004 Jake Brown 6 Comments

Fortune & Maltese, quite possibly the greatest rock and roll band of all time, are reforming to open up for Hasil Adkins at Las Vegas Rockaround in September, 2004!

MP3s

Fortune and Maltese

October 16, 2002 Jake Brown Leave a comment

Fortune and Maltese – Bewitched (hosted by Glorious Noise with the permission of the band)

Articles

Fortune & Maltese Leave No Stoned Unturned

April 19, 2001 Jake Brown Leave a comment

Check out the brilliant video for garage rock legends, Fortune & Maltese’s song, “Leave No Stoned Unturned,” directed by Hollywood heartthrob Martijn Veltman. After you watch it, you can rank it from 1 to 10. This one’s an 11.

Video: Fortune and Maltese – “Leave No Stone Unturned”

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