“The street” was Denmark Street adjacent to Charing Cross Road where I met a very dejected looking Diz Dizley.ĭiz and I had worked together in the Bob Cort skiffle group and it was unusual to see him unhappy. London musicians used to gather “up the street” every Monday to get work, get paid, talk and maybe have a beer or two in the Red Lion Pub. It was 1959 and pure chance how I came to own the Clifford Essex guitar. Where and when did you get the Clifford Essex? What attracted it to you?
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He told the full story of his career in his lively 2008 memoir, Vic Flick, Guitarman: From James Bond To The Beatles and Beyond published by Bear Manor Media.īut for the occasion of the auction of his old friend, Vic graciously agreed to answer a few questions about the Clifford Essex and its storied history. Over the years, Flick has told the story many times of how he came to record the “James Bond Theme,” how his version appeared in eight 007 films, how he worked with George Martin on A Hard Day’s Night, why Paul McCartney chose him to play on the former Beatle’s Thrillington project, and his work on recordings by the likes of Petula Clark, Tom Jones, and Peter and Gordon.
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Flick and the vehicles of Bond, plus airfare and a cabin for two aboard the brand new Dream-class Carnival Breeze to join OOSailin, a tour hosted by espionage experts of James Bond and spy locations in Jamaica and The Bahamas in April 2013 celebrating the 60th Anniversary of April 1953’s publication of Ian Fleming’s first James Bond novel, Casino Royale.” Get out your checkbooks, 007 fans! According to Bond expert Matt Sherman, the high bidder not only takes home the Clifford Essex, but also gets a “special day with Mr. On February 2, 2013, that guitar goes on the eBay auction block. It was for that film the most famous guitar solo in history made its first appearance as played on Flick’s cello-bodied Clifford Essex Paragon De Luxe Guitar. The festivities, of course, honored the half century since Dr. In 2006, he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for Kent and an Honorary Fellow of Canterbury Christ Church University in 2009.On July 27, 2012, over a billion people listened to the 50th anniversary of the “James Bond Theme” as performed by guitarist Vic Flick when Daniel Craig and HRH Queen Elizabeth II opened the XXX Summer Olympiad in London, England. In 2003, he received an OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list for services to the British music industry as a television presenter and musician. He lives in the Westcombe Park in South East London and owns a second home that was built in the medieval ruins of Cooling Castle in Kent. Holland has two children with his first partner, Mary Leahy, and two more children with Christabel McEwen.
The wedding was attended by many of the couple's celebrity friends including: Ringo Starr, Robbie Coltrane, Stephen Fry, Lenny Henry, Noel Gallagher, Dawn French, and Jennifer Saunders. In 2005, he married Christabel McEwen, his girlfriend of 15 years. Since 1992, he has hosted Later…with Jools Holland, which is a music-based show that is aired on BBC2. He is now a seasoned and well-known musician who is also a published author and has appeared on various television and radio shows throughout his career. By the age of 8, he could play the piano fluently by ear, and by the time he reached his early teens he was proficient and confident enough to be making regular appearances in South East London and the East End Docks. He was born Julian Miles Holland in 1958 in Blackheath, South East London. Throughout his career he has worked with several high-profile artists including Sting, Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, George Harrison, David Gilmour, Magazine, and Bono. He is best known for performing with the musical groups Squeeze, The The, and Jools Holland's Rhythm and Blues Orchestra. Jools Holland net worth: Jools Holland is an English pianist, bandleader, singer, composer and television personality who has a net worth of $5 million.
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