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    Wonderful Tonight: George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me
    Wonderful Tonight: George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me

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    Authors: Pattie Boyd, Penny Junor
    Publisher: Three Rivers Press
    Category: Book

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    Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars 243 reviews
    Sales Rank: 5637

    Media: Paperback
    Number Of Items: 1
    Pages: 336
    Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
    Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.1 x 0.9

    ISBN: 0307407837
    Dewey Decimal Number: 781.66092
    EAN: 9780307407832
    ASIN: 0307407837

    Publication Date: May 27, 2008
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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 of filming.

    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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    5 out of 5 stars Wonderful Tonight - a wonderful read!   November 17, 2008
    Pattie Boyd was at the center of the "Swinging 60's" in England as a fashion model before she was selected for a small role in the Beatle's film "A Hard Day's Night." That's how she met George Harrison, whom she married. Later she married George's good friend and neighbor, Eric Clapton. In this book she looks back on those days with the Beatles, George Harrison and Eric Clapton. It's a fascinating read -- a real page turner! Pattie has done a great job of recreating the time and providing insider views of the Rock & Roll lifestyle in the 1960's and 70's. Highly recommended!


    4 out of 5 stars Kudos to Pattie Boyd for an Honest Memoir   November 15, 2008
    In this fascinating memoir, Pattie Boyd, with co-author Penny Junor, lays bare her childhood and her marriages to two of the giants of late-20th century rock: George Harrison and Eric Clapton.

    Boyd sets the stage with an adept chronicle of her childhood. Transplanted with her family to Kenya at an early age, she weathers the dissolution of her parents' marriage, a controlling and demanding stepfather, and repatriation to England. Leaving home at 17, she soon becomes a model in 1960s London, entering a glamorous world peopled with artists, fashion designers, photographers and musicians. Soon, Boyd is cast in Hard Day's Night, meets George Harrison, falls in love... and the rest is a modern day Cinderella story. Until you get to the dark side.

    Wealth, beauty, talent, and fame turn to ashes in Wonderful Tonight. Yes, Boyd is the inspiration for several of the most renowned love songs in 20th century rock music, but both Harrison and Clapton cheat on her repeatedly, and she never manages to conceive the child she so desperately wants. Devastatingly, both Harrison and Clapton father children with others-- Clapton while he is ostensibly partnered with Boyd. If Boyd's marriage to Harrison is difficult and unsatisfying-- the two grow apart as Harrison withdraws increasingly into the world of meditation-- her marriage to Clapton is disastrous. Despite Clapton's passion and artistry, his mammoth addictions to alcohol and drugs sink the union.

    The message? Glamor, wealth, beauty and fame may not always work out as advertised. Both of Boyd's marriages are unhappy ones, and her divorce settlement with Clapton is comparatively meagre. The Pattie Boyd you admired in the fan mags was a glossy image whose life, for all its parties, excitement and travel, yielded few lasting pleasures.

    I applaud Boyd for stripping away the media gloss and working with Junor to pen this stark memoir. Boyd's words about her inability to bear a child tear at the heart, and her depictions of life with Harrison and Clapton are detailed, lively, and well-drawn. Although Boyd is keenly disappointed by both men, she never loses sight of what she loved in them and continues to admire their talent.

    For a sobering look at Boyd, Harrison and Clapton behind the headlines, read Wonderful Tonight.



    1 out of 5 stars this woman is a true bitch!   October 23, 2008
     1 out of 2 found this review helpful

    I recently met thio woman at the Fest or Beatles fans. She is a crude, rude, druckin Bitch. She was rude to everyone. She was charging $25.00 to sign her own book. The book is full of things that any average fan already knows. Save your money!


    3 out of 5 stars Very sad   October 23, 2008
     1 out of 1 found this review helpful

    Growing up in the 1960s, Pattie Boyd seemed so glamorous. Of the Beatles women at the time, she was the one with a career. She was beautiful, always well-dressed and appeared to have it all. It's so sad to learn that Pattie, who was so much a part of the so-called generation of love, had received so little love herself from her parents and husbands. Her years with two of the most famous rock musicians in the world were consumed by drugs and alcohol and abandonment in affairs. She seemed to lack the confidence to stand up to anyone.
    The book isn't particularly well written and there's nothing new to tell about her marriage to George Harrison that hasn't already been told. If you've read Eric Clapton's autobiography, there's nothing new there either. Her life before and after "the boys" is the story not previously told. I'm glad she's found herself, although sad that it took so long. Judging by her divorce settlements with George and Eric, (particularly in light of the astounding settlement Heather Mills bilked out of Paul McCartney), Pattie really got rooked. Buy the book if only to help fund her retirement!
    Reading this book made me feel very lucky to be living in my middle class house with my husband and kids, struggling with bills and enjoying life. The people who seem to have so much really have the least.



    5 out of 5 stars Very fun!   September 15, 2008
    I really enjoyed this book. I thought her stories were frank and real. And she knows what details are best left private!!!


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