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Vic Flick, guitarist on the James Bond theme, dies aged 87
Famed session musician, who also performed with the Beatles, Tom Jones, Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton, died after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s
Vic Flick, the famed British session musician who picked out the famous jangly guitar motif on the James Bond theme song, has died aged 87. The theme song was recorded in 1962; Flick played the famous riff on a 1939 English Clifford Essex Paragon Deluxe guitar plugged into a Fender Vibrolux amplifier, which added a “heavy sound”. He also played on hundreds of recordings, including hits like Peter and Gordon’s A World Without Love, Petula Clark’s Downtown, Tom Jones’ It’s Not Unusual and What’s New Pussycat?, Bee Gees’ Spicks and Specks, and Ringo’s Theme (This Boy) for the Beatles’ 1964 film A Hard Day’s Night.
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