Category: Spywise Secret Dossier

Vic Flick Tribute on Internet Radio Program

The weekend of December 7, 2024, share our special two-hour Memorial to iconic 007 guitar-man, Vic Flick, who left us on November 14, 2024!

Yes, Vic Flick was the guitarist who played the Monty Norman 007 theme back in 1962 and continued to play on the 007 soundtracks through the 1980s. Yes, he played “Ringo’s Theme” on A Hard Day’s Night. During the ‘60s, Vic was a much in demand London session player performing on hits for Tom Jones, Petula Clark, Peter and Gordon, The Walker Brothers, Herman’s Hermans . . .

On Saturday, December 7, 2024, two old friends of Vic, Wes Britton and Tom Pervanje, guitarist for the surf/spy/detective band, Spy-Fi, share their memories of Vic on Flashback with Wes Britton. Tom talks about the three albums Vic collaborated on with Spy-Fi; and Wes recalls helping Vic find a publisher for his memoirs and promoting his last album. Plus, we play a generous sampling of Vic/Spy-Fi music!

Then, on Remember Again, we reprise a 2010 interview Wes arranged with both Vic and George Lazenby together for likely the only time the two Bondians ever shared stories together! Plus, we play even more Vic Flick original music – plus a few 2024 Christmas songs from Joe Bonamassa and Rephestramus!

The tribute debuts Saturday, January 7, 2024, at 7:00 Eastern over the ArtistFirst network.

Or download or stream FWB starting Friday, December 6, 2024, any time you like at the FWB Artistfirst webpage.

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Memories of Vic Flick

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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