Wonderful Tonight: George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me (Hardcover)
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Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Harmony
ISBN-10: 0307393844
ISBN-13: 9780307393845
Buy.com Sku: 204174932
Publish Date: 8/28/2007
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(in Inches) 9.5H x 7L x 1.25T
Pages:
321
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| Pattie Boyd was the much-envied swinging 60s model who married George Harrison and Eric Clapton. But living the rock wife highlife was fraught with heartbreak and insecurity, as her new autobiography reveals. Boyd breaks a 40-year silence as she tells the story of how she found herself bound to two of the most addictive, promiscuous musical geniuses of the 20th century and became the most famous muse in the history of rock and roll. 8-page color insert.
From The Publisher: She met the Beatles in 1964 when she was cast as a schoolgirl in "A Hard Day's Night". Ten days later a smitten George Harrison proposed. For twenty-year-old Pattie Boyd, it was the beginning of an unimaginably rich and complex life as she was welcomed into the Beatles inner circle — a circle that included Mick Jagger, Ron Wood, Jeff Beck, and a veritable who's who of rock musicians. She describes the dynamics of the group, the friendships, the tensions, the music-making, and the weird and wonderful memories she has of Paul and Linda, Cynthia and John, Ringo and Maureen, and especially the years with her husband, George. It was a sweet, turbulent life, but one that would take an unexpected turn, starting with a simple note that began "dearest l." I read it quickly and assumed that it was from some weirdo; I did get fan mail from time to time....I thought no more about it until that evening when the phone rang. It was Eric [Clapton]. "Did you get my letter?"...And then the penny dropped. "Was that from you?" I said....It was the most passionate letter anyone had ever written me. For the first time Pattie Boyd, former wife of both George Harrison and Eric Clapton, a high-profile model whose face epitomized the swinging London scene of the 1960s, a woman who inspired Harrison’s song "Something" and Clapton's anthem "Layla," has decided to write a book that is rich and raw, funny and heartbreaking — and totally honest and open and breathtaking. Here is the truth, here is what happened, here is the story you've been waiting for. About The Author: Pattie Boyd is an acclaimed photographer whose exhibition "Through the Eyes of a Muse" recently toured two continents. She lives in West Sussex, England. |
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Pattie Boyd was a young model living in London when she first laid eyes on George Harrison. She met the famous Beatle on the set of A HARD DAY'S NIGHT, quickly fell in love, and became his wife. Years later, Eric Clapton tried to woo her away, and wrote his ballad "Layla" as a plea for her to leave Harrison and run away with him. She did, and later married him. In his candid and entertaining autobiography, Boyd recounts with fascinating detail the highs and lows of playing the muse to two of the most famous men in rock-&-roll history.
Pattie Boyd was a young model living in London when she first laid eyes on George Harrison. She met the famous Beatle on the set of A HARD DAY'S NIGHT, quickly fell in love, and became his wife. Years later, Eric Clapton tried to woo her away, and wrote his ballad "Layla" as a plea for her to leave Harrison and run away with him. She did, and later married him. In his candid and entertaining autobiography, Boyd recounts with fascinating detail the highs and lows of playing the muse to two of the most famous men in rock-&-roll history.
