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

    Written by Pattie Boyd

    Narrated by Pattie Boyd

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    An iconic figure of the 1960s and '70s, Pattie Boyd breaks a forty-year 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.

    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 musicmaking, 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.


    From the Hardcover edition.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateAug 28, 2007
    ISBN9780739358207
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    • 2/5
      She’s a sophomoric writer who doesn’t delve the depths. Just cashing in on some memories of famous husbands. A very cursory summary that doesn’t reveal too much about her.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      A lovely,easy to listen to autobiography of a woman who was a major muse to two of the most important musicians ever.I It's a story that needed to be told.
    • 5/5
      Honest, simple and interesting
      A good read and highly recommended
    • 2/5
      Not much depth here. Some details about her adventures in Swinging London were interesting. Her personal growth not very. Disappointing lack of insight into the music scene despite being married to two of the best rock guitarists in the world.

      1 person found this helpful