Pattie Boyd publishing Eric Clapton and George Harrison marriage memoir
Pattie Boyd, the ex-wife of both Eric Clapton and the late George Harrison, is set to release a memoir of her marriages, titled Wonderful Tonight: An Autobiography, in August. In one of rock's most famous romances, Boyd was still married to Harrison when she began her affair with Clapton, who went on to write his classic songs "Layla," "Wonderful Tonight," and others about her.
The New York Post's Page Six previewed an excerpt from the book, in which Boyd first realizes the extent of Clapton's affections, writing that, "One day, I got a letter in the mail. It was written on a piece of paper torn out of a copy of the (John Steinbeck) novel Of Mice And Men. In tiny, scrawly, little handwriting it said, 'Dear Pattie, I have always loved you and this is breaking my heart. All I want is to be with you.' So I showed it to George, who just dismissed it. Early that evening, the phone rang and it was Eric. He said, 'Did you get my letter?'"
Pattie Boyd says that it was ingrained in her since her early days with George Harrison to never speak out publicly to the press: "I think it was (Beatles' manager) Brian Epstein who really didn't want us, the wives, to talk to the press, at all. And that was so instilled in my from such a young age. But you know, I'm much older now and I think, 'It's fine,' enough time's gone by and now I see it for what it is. You know, I lived in a particular part of rock and roll history and I have very enjoyable memories and wonderful of that period."
Although Boyd was officially married to Harrison from 1966 to 1977, she began living with Clapton in 1974, and they eventually married in 1979. She divorced Clapton partly because of his alcoholism and prolonged infidelities, which resulted in Clapton fathering two illegitimate children while still married to Boyd.
Pattie Boyd's Wonderful Tonight: An Autobiography will be published on August 7th.
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The New York Post's Page Six previewed an excerpt from the book, in which Boyd first realizes the extent of Clapton's affections, writing that, "One day, I got a letter in the mail. It was written on a piece of paper torn out of a copy of the (John Steinbeck) novel Of Mice And Men. In tiny, scrawly, little handwriting it said, 'Dear Pattie, I have always loved you and this is breaking my heart. All I want is to be with you.' So I showed it to George, who just dismissed it. Early that evening, the phone rang and it was Eric. He said, 'Did you get my letter?'"
Pattie Boyd says that it was ingrained in her since her early days with George Harrison to never speak out publicly to the press: "I think it was (Beatles' manager) Brian Epstein who really didn't want us, the wives, to talk to the press, at all. And that was so instilled in my from such a young age. But you know, I'm much older now and I think, 'It's fine,' enough time's gone by and now I see it for what it is. You know, I lived in a particular part of rock and roll history and I have very enjoyable memories and wonderful of that period."
Although Boyd was officially married to Harrison from 1966 to 1977, she began living with Clapton in 1974, and they eventually married in 1979. She divorced Clapton partly because of his alcoholism and prolonged infidelities, which resulted in Clapton fathering two illegitimate children while still married to Boyd.
Pattie Boyd's Wonderful Tonight: An Autobiography will be published on August 7th.
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