Vic Flick, the guitarist on the famous James Bond theme song, has died. He was 87. The British session musician died last Thursday from Alzheimer’s disease, his family announced.

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noting that he used an octave pedal and a low-tuned guitar to put the song together. “I thought if I ever got asked to write the next ‘James Bond’ theme, that would be the riff for it.” ...

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