Wonderful tonight, which boyd wrote with penny junor, is a charming, lively and seductive book, and like all good memoirs, it also works as a. Her memoir, wonderful tonight, debuted at the top of the new york times bestseller list in 2007. Wonderful today, subtitled the autobiography, is the 2007 autobiography by english former fashion model and photographer pattie boyd, written with journalist and broadcaster. We got on a train at marylebone station one day and the train took off and suddenly we were in a film. In her memoir, wonderful tonight, boyd also revealed that harrisons favorite cover of the songof which there are hundredswas james browns. Eric clapton became infatuated with her and triggered the most famous love triangle in history. Pattie boyds early relationships marked her as a musicians muse.
During the golden era of rock and roll, there was a muse who captivated two of the most eminent music icons in history. The new york times they say if you can remember the 60s, you werent really there. Pattie boyd was the muse who inspired both george harrison and eric clapton. George harrison, eric clapton, and me ebook written by pattie boyd, penny junor. Wonderful tonight is a unique gospel of a turbulent time by someone who was in the very eye of the rock n roll hurricane. Pattie boyd was the super model who married the beatle, george harrison. Eric clapton wrote wonderful tonight in 1976 while waiting for his thengirlfriend and future wife pattie boyd to get ready for a night out. An iconic figure of the 1960s and 70s, pattie boyd breaks a 40year silence, telling how she found herself bound to two of the most addictive, promiscuous musical geniuses of the twentieth century. Patties tale is one of ecstasy and agony, of carefree excess, the definitive story of sex, drugs and rock n roll told by the woman who was the envy of every woman on the planet for twenty years. Wonderful tonight audiobook by pattie boyd, penny junor.
Wonderful tonight george harrison, eric clapton, and meby pattie boyd with penny junor321 pages. Enjoy a great reading experience when you buy the kindle edition of this book. See all 8 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Goodreads members who liked wonderful tonight also liked. I have been asked for the last 15 years to write a book, and it is only now.
Wonderful today, subtitled the autobiography, is the 2007 autobiography by english former fashion model and photographer pattie boyd, written with journalist and broadcaster penny junor. Taylor swift interviews pattie boyd about marriage to. I was lent this book by a friend who thought it was really good. Wonderful today the autobiography of pattie boyd by. They were heading out to a buddy holly tribute that paul mccartney had arranged, and clapton was waiting around while she tried on clothes.
The autobiography of pattie boyd unabridged edition by boyd, pattie, junor, penny isbn. Pattie boyd met george harrison in 1964 on the set of the a hard days night film. To its credit the book answers that question plausibly and fully. The woman who inspired harrisons song something and claptons anthem layla, pattie boyd has written a book that is rich and raw, funny and heartbreaking. Wonderful tonight, which boyd wrote with penny junor, is a. Taylor swift interviews pattie boyd about falling in love, surviving beatlemania, and what it was really like being married to two of rock n rolls biggest legends george harrison and eric. Pattie boyds love triangle with george harrison and eric clapton. The former wife of both george harrison and eric clapton, pattie boyd is perhaps the most famous muse of all time, inspiring harrisons something and eric claptons layla and wonderful tonight. The books title is in reference to claptons 1977 song wonderful tonight, which he wrote about boyd. She will read from wonderful tonight this evening at 7 p. Find books like wonderful tonight from the worlds largest community of readers. My hellish love triangle with george and eric beatlelinks fab forum in the final part of her gripping book, pattie boyd recalls her struggle to adapt to life outside the world of rock n roll and how she was shattered by george harrisons death pattie boyd see more. See more of patti boyd wonderful tonight on facebook. Together they were the most glamorous couple in the world.
My life through a lens will include drawings, paintings, and mementos, as well as her own memories collected from a life shared with pop culture icons. George harrison, eric clapton, and me for the us market, the book contains many of boyds photographs. Sydney morning herald pattie boyd married two sixties legends and inspired three of the eras greatest love songs, but life was far from glamorous. George harrison, eric clapton, and me by pattie boyd, penny junor. George harrison, eric clapton, and me kindle edition by boyd, pattie, junor, penny. Pattie boyd was married first to george harrison and then to eric clapton. She was born in england, in 1944, but spent her early childhood in kenya where her father, jock, worked for the nairobi jockey club. Her photography captures a unique period in british cultural history which she details in her book. George harrison, eric clapton, and me paperback may 27 2008. George harrison, eric clapton, and me boyd, pattie, junor. She met the beatles in 1964 when she was cast as a schoolgirl in a hard days. An iconic figure of the 1960s and 70s, pattie boyd breaks a 40year silence in wonderful tonight, and 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. George harrison, eric clapton, and me by pattie boyd was written in 2007.
Official site of pattie boyd, model, photographer and author. She inspired many classic songs including something, wonderful tonight, and of course, layla. Excerpts from the book wonderful tonight by pattie boyd, and interviews, role playing, fanfiction. Publishers summary an iconic figure of the 1960s and 70s, pattie boyd breaks a 40year silence in wonderful tonight, and 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. April 1964 pattie boyd and george harrison attending a private party at the pickwick club in london hosted by joan collins for her husband anthony newley to celebrate his return to england from. Thats pattie with an e, weird considering for years her name was spelled patti, but okay. An iconic figure of the 1960s and 70s, pattie boyd breaks a fortyyear silence in wonderful tonight, 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 famous muse in the history of rock and roll. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading wonderful tonight. In this book i learned the following gossipy tidbits.
Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read wonderful tonight. Pattie boyds early relationships marked her as a musicians muse, yet by. She met the beatles in 1964 when she was cast as a schoolgirl in a hard days night. The autobiography, as it was titled in the united kingdom is the 2007.
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