Selected Product: | Wonderful Tonight: George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me Paperback Author: Pattie Boyd, Penny Junor Publisher: Three Rivers Press Release Date: 2008-05-27 ISBN-10: 0307407837 ISBN-13: 9780307407832 List Price: $14.95 Average Customer Rating: | | Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon--And the Journey of a Generation ISBN-10: 0743491475 ISBN-13: 9780743491471 List Price:$27.95 Clapton: The Autobiography ISBN-10: 076792536X ISBN-13: 9780767925365 List Price:$15.95 I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie ISBN-10: 1556525893 ISBN-13: 9781556525896 List Price:$14.95 Ronnie: The Autobiography ISBN-10: 0312366523 ISBN-13: 9780312366520 List Price:$25.95 Let's Spend the Night Together: Backstage Secrets of Rock Muses and Supergroupies ISBN-10: 1556527896 ISBN-13: 9781556527890 List Price:$16.95 |
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For the first time, rock music’s most famous muse tells her incredible story
Pattie Boyd, former wife of both George Harrison and Eric Clapton, finally breaks a forty-year silence and tells the story of how she found herself bound to two of the most addictive, promiscuous musical geniuses of the twentieth century and became the most legendary muse in the history of rock and roll. The woman who inspired Harrison’s song “Something” and Clapton’s anthem “Layla,” Pattie Boyd has written a book that is rich and raw, funny and heartbreaking–and totally honest. Very fun! | Customer Rating: | | I really enjoyed this book. I thought her stories were frank and real. And she knows what details are best left private!!! | Excellent clapton and harriosn tidbits | Customer Rating: | | Very good book here. Really good stories of clapton and harrison. The funnything i took away from this was that , even the greatest guys go thru depression and experience the sames things that we all face. Sometimes, in life, what you think you need is not often what is best for you. As patty proves at the end of the book. | If you're a music fan of the 1960s and 70s, you'll enjoy this book! | Customer Rating: | I was drawn to WONDERFUL TONIGHT--written and read by Pattie Boyd--by its subtitle: GEORGE HARRISON, ERIC CLAPTON, AND ME . . . I thought to myself that I had heard of those guys; in fact, I had grown up listening to much of their music.
Yet I had not followed their personal lives all that closely, nor had I known too much about Boyd other than the fact that she had been married to both Harrison and Clapton.
It turns out that she was more than just their respective wives . . . she was also their muse, having inspired Harrison's classic "Something" and "Layla," Clapton's rock anthem.
In addition, she lived a fascinating life . . . WONDERFUL TONIGHT explores it in vivid detail, including this recollection of her first real encounter with Clapton:
* 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.
Unfortunately, Boyd had her share of heartaches . . . her childhood was interrupted by the divorce of her parents, both her famous husbands cheated on her, and she was also abused by Clapton . . . to her credit, she managed to turn her life around and since has become a well-respected photographer.
The author broke a 40-year period of silence with this book . . I'm glad she did . . . do read or listen to it if you want to know more about the music scene of the 1960s and 70s. | Magic explained. | Customer Rating: | | I had heard tidbits about how Eric Clapton "stole" George Harrison's beautiful wife, Patti Boyd before, and I was curious about how that happened and...then what? Happily ever after? No, no. Patti gives us the whole story, a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the world of rock and roll musicians. The relationship interplays, the emotions, the disappointment over songs that don't "make it." The stories behind the creation of some unforgettable songs, and the personalities and friendships of the people we see only as public figures. After I read this book, I read "Clapton" and got a perspective from that side of the story. Fascinating and, well, "lovely." Well worth the read. | Wonderful Tonight:George Harrison, Eric Clapton & Me | Customer Rating: | | A story well told. Patty Boyd has had quite a life and does a wonderful job sharing her story. I've always wondered what life with the Beatles was like and she gives great details. The rock n'roll lifestyle (life with Eric Clapton) may not be everyone's dream after-all. Her story was well told and left me wanting more. I enjoyed every moment I spent reading her book. |
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