Wonderful Tonight: George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.16 (870 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0739358197 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 468 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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I was so surprised when he asked me out on a date at the end of my first day of filming. . 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 Day’s Night, to play the part of a schoolgirl. A Q&A with Pattie Boyd, Author of Wonderful TonightWhy 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. I was stunned; the intensity, passion and tenderness came across so strongly--I knew, as he said, it was written for me. Tell us about the first time you heard Eric Clapton's "Layla." Eric inv
Pattie Boyd and the famous husbands. janet ledesma I enjoyed reading this because they were THE NEWS when I was in jr high. I was fascinated, as most teens are, of the life of stars and the people that associate with them. This book reminded me of little things that I had read about and forgotten.Pattie Boyd was obviously special to have two musical icons to write songs about her. Enjoyable light reading that carries you through the highs and lows of life with George Harrison and Eric Clapton, and what her life was like afterward.. George Has No Personality and Eric is a Drunken Narcissist I found this book to be entertaining, but lacking. We get a lot of details about parties, and what celeb was there, but Pattie doesn't describe her famous husbands very well, nor any of the famous people she hung out with. All we find out about George Harrison is that he could "get furious," liked to meditate and wanted a harem of women surrounding him.Pattie is better at describing Eric Clapton, who comes across as an abusive, narcissistic, moody, rabid alcoholic who liked animals. She says he's "funny" but gives not one example. The revelation that shocked me was finding out Eric's young son, Conner---who . "A sad read" according to The Weekly Spice. I grew up thinking this girl had it made. A model, lovely and married to George Harrison and having songs written about her. Then another famous musician married and more love songs. Apparently being in her shoes didn't sound like any place I would want to be. She grew up without her mum most of the time being left with her grandparents in Africa until she was about 9 and then back to England with her mum and mean stepfather so I think maybe she felt anyone who wanted her at all she would jump at the chance no matter how badly she was treated. I felt that she let me down because with all the pain both these
She lives in West Sussex, England.From the Hardcover edition.. PATTIE BOYD is an acclaimed photographer whose exhibition Through the Eyes of a Muse recently toured two continents
She met the Beatles in 1964 when she was cast as a schoolgirl in A Hard Day’s Night. 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. Ten days later a smitten George Harrison proposed. “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.. I thought no more about it until that evening when the phone rang. For twenty-year-old Pattie Boyd, it was t