By Wesley Britton
I was sad, but not surprised, to hear about the passing of my old friend, Bond guitarist, Vic Flick.
A mutual friend, singer Bob Rush of the Ripchords, put Vic and me in contact a long, long time ago. As a result, Vic was the first celebrity guest on a radio show I co-hosted at the time. Three years later, I was elated to bring Vic and George Lazenby together for an anniversary special which turned out to be a “Vic Flick interviews George Lazenby” conversation. Those interviews are reposted at the “Flashback with Wes Britton” podcast page.
Back then, Vic was very frustrated trying to find a publisher for his memoirs. So I set him up with Ben Ohmart of BearManor Media. My autographed Vic Flick, Guitar Man is one of my treasures on my book shelf. I was sorry Vic was rather disappointed at the sales.
Along the way, Vic collaborated with my friend Thomas Pervanje of the surf-rock band, Spy-Fi, on their album, Black Tie Spy. Together, they recorded a soundtrack album for a never released spy comedy called Wilson Chance. You can hear samples from these projects, along with a selection of Vic’s 2000 James Bond Now instrumentals, and a tribute by David Foster in the Vic Flick Tribute album in the “James Bond Files” section on the website Spywise Secret Dossier.
(Tom tells me he just uploaded the entire Spy-Fi catalog to Bandcamp last week.)
Bon Voyage, Old Timer. You made quite a happy mark on us all.
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