Wonderful Tonight: George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me
by: Pattie Boyd, Penny Junor
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A Q&A with Pattie Boyd, Author of Wonderful Tonight
Why are you writing the book now? I have been asked for the last 15 years to write a book, and it is only now that I feel the time is right. My confidence in myself was restored after two successful exhibitions of my photography, and it occurred to me that I was finally ready to take a look at the unique experiences of my life and to share them--including all the ups and downs. Tell us about the first time you met George Harrison.Working as a model, I occasionally went for castings, mainly for television commercials. I went for an interview with one of the directors I had worked with in the past, and he cast me in his first movie, A Hard Days Night, to play the part of a schoolgirl. When I first saw George on the set, I thought he was the best-looking man Id ever seen. I was so surprised when he asked me out on a date at the end of my first day offilming.Tell us about the first time you heard George Harrison's song, "Something."George said he had written a song for me, and he played it on the guitar at home without the words. Then when I heard the song after it had been recorded I couldnt believe how utterly beautiful it was. It was released on a single in October 1969, and I felt so thrilled and flattered.Tell us about the first time you heard Eric Clapton's "Layla." Eric invited me to his band's flat one day and played a rough recording of "Layla" on a cassette recorder. I was sitting on a sofa and he on the floor as it played, and he kept looking up at me for a reaction. I was stunned; the intensity, passion and tenderness came across so strongly--I knew, as he said, it was written for me.
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Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller
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.
A Q&A with Pattie Boyd, Author of Wonderful Tonight
Why are you writing the book now? I have been asked for the last 15 years to write a book, and it is only now that I feel the time is right. My confidence in myself was restored after two successful exhibitions of my photography, and it occurred to me that I was finally ready to take a look at the unique experiences of my life and to share them--including all the ups and downs. Tell us about the first time you met George Harrison.Working as a model, I occasionally went for castings, mainly for television commercials. I went for an interview with one of the directors I had worked with in the past, and he cast me in his first movie, A Hard Days Night, to play the part of a schoolgirl. When I first saw George on the set, I thought he was the best-looking man Id ever seen. I was so surprised when he asked me out on a date at the end of my first day offilming.Tell us about the first time you heard George Harrison's song, "Something."George said he had written a song for me, and he played it on the guitar at home without the words. Then when I heard the song after it had been recorded I couldnt believe how utterly beautiful it was. It was released on a single in October 1969, and I felt so thrilled and flattered.Tell us about the first time you heard Eric Clapton's "Layla." Eric invited me to his band's flat one day and played a rough recording of "Layla" on a cassette recorder. I was sitting on a sofa and he on the floor as it played, and he kept looking up at me for a reaction. I was stunned; the intensity, passion and tenderness came across so strongly--I knew, as he said, it was written for me.
Product Description:
Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller
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.
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- Wonderful Tonight
Great price, good delivery. I usually don't grovel to the people I buy things from but you can almost always find a really good price at Amazon and get the stuff lickity split and in good shape. Oh but about this book in particular, once I got it I kind of didn't want to look into George Harrison's or Eric Clapton's bedroom. It has good pictures!
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- What planet were they from, again?
Forgive me, but I can't understand why anyone, even in the Rock Culture of the 1960s would:
Leave their husbands with women who they think they are having an affair with for 6 days and go somewhere else.
Plan a vacation with their husband but when he gets sick go alone.Find out that he slept with another woman during the absence (another man's wife) and then still remain friends with the couple.And put their pictures in their book.
Want to be friends with ... Read More
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- wonderful book
I may not have been alive in the sixties, but I am still a lover of music from that time.I want to learn all that I can about this time period and the music that fueled it.
When I found this book in my English class, I had no clue who Pattie Boyd was, but I saw that George Harrison and Eric Clapton were in the title, so I gave it a shot.I didn't want to keep hogging my teacher's copy so I headed off to the bookstore and bought a copy for myself...and I am very glad that I did.
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- Lovely Book About A Lovely Lady
I always thought Pattie Boyd was such an adorable girl, who grew into a lovely lady.Wonderful Tonight is her sometimes beautiful and often confused journey through relationships with George Harrison and Eric Clapton.
It isn't, however, what I refer to as a "groupie book."I can appreciate Pattie Boyd, but cannot relate to her.The book I relate to best is Blue Jean Baby: One Girl's Trip Through The 1960s L.A. Music Scene, by Sally Parmer.Sally was a crazy concert goer and talented ... Read More
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- What a disappointment
As a "just the facts, ma'am" laundry list of who, what, where, when, I guess this fills the bill. As a decent read -- whoo what a bore! I don't find Pattie, her family, her friends, even George or Eric likable characters as presented here. I usually devour books -- one every day or two -- but this one has dragged out for over a week. I'm slogging through, and finding so many other things more interested than finishing the darn thing. It's poorly written, there's no "story" to the story, and at this point ... Read More
- Wonderful TonightGreat price, good delivery. I usually don't grovel to the people I buy things from but you can almost always find a really good price at Amazon and get the stuff lickity split and in good shape. Oh but about this book in particular, once I got it I kind of didn't want to look into George Harrison's or Eric Clapton's bedroom. It has good pictures!
- What planet were they from, again?Forgive me, but I can't understand why anyone, even in the Rock Culture of the 1960s would:
Leave their husbands with women who they think they are having an affair with for 6 days and go somewhere else.
Plan a vacation with their husband but when he gets sick go alone.Find out that he slept with another woman during the absence (another man's wife) and then still remain friends with the couple.And put their pictures in their book.
Want to be friends with ... Read More
- wonderful bookI may not have been alive in the sixties, but I am still a lover of music from that time.I want to learn all that I can about this time period and the music that fueled it.
When I found this book in my English class, I had no clue who Pattie Boyd was, but I saw that George Harrison and Eric Clapton were in the title, so I gave it a shot.I didn't want to keep hogging my teacher's copy so I headed off to the bookstore and bought a copy for myself...and I am very glad that I did.
Read More
- Lovely Book About A Lovely LadyI always thought Pattie Boyd was such an adorable girl, who grew into a lovely lady.Wonderful Tonight is her sometimes beautiful and often confused journey through relationships with George Harrison and Eric Clapton.
It isn't, however, what I refer to as a "groupie book."I can appreciate Pattie Boyd, but cannot relate to her.The book I relate to best is Blue Jean Baby: One Girl's Trip Through The 1960s L.A. Music Scene, by Sally Parmer.Sally was a crazy concert goer and talented ... Read More
- What a disappointmentAs a "just the facts, ma'am" laundry list of who, what, where, when, I guess this fills the bill. As a decent read -- whoo what a bore! I don't find Pattie, her family, her friends, even George or Eric likable characters as presented here. I usually devour books -- one every day or two -- but this one has dragged out for over a week. I'm slogging through, and finding so many other things more interested than finishing the darn thing. It's poorly written, there's no "story" to the story, and at this point ... Read More
