Layla, you still got me on my knees, Pattie Boyd

I received a personalized autographed copy of “Wonderful Today” as a Christmas present. This is a very good marketing gadget for a premium price, but it’s worth it for those who value the author’s dedication to his own handwriting.

Beatle George Harrison wrote “Something” for her and it remains one of the most covered Beatles songs ever. Eric Clapton, the world’s guitar hero for more than three decades, wrote the 1974 Derek and the Dominoes album “Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs,” that super-hot and furious rock and roll epic about his love for this guitar. model and ex-wife. from George Harrison and eventually from Eric’s-Pattie Boyd. She’s the only woman to have two superstars write songs for her, and in her prime, her heady beauty was that of a sexual siren driving men’s souls to the rocks in sheer passion. Her new book “Wonderful Today” is a biography that seems to want to tell everything and, in fact, sheds light on this wonderful woman who emerged from an abused childhood to become one of the best models in the world. Ms. Boyd begins chronologically with family photographs and tales from Kenya with snakes, tigers, and terrifying natives. Her entire childhood, but then, when her parents separate from her, she is forced to return to England with an abusive and cruel stepfather.

The book’s voice is sweet and innocent, but the flower children of the sixties go through an innocence of their own, and the drugs they use to free their minds and give them the power of hope eventually lead them to sheer misery as well. She became Mr. Harrison’s wife at the end of a fairy tale courtship, but due to the heavy hand of Beatle manager Brian Epstein, she was denied a proper wedding, the public not knowing George.” was no longer available.” “in the heady days of Beatlemania. She and George lived a simple life, in a relatively small house, George going to the studio every day and Pattie assuming the role of wife, lover, cook and homemaker. She was all that she wanted and needed.George, on the other hand, became intensely involved in meditation, ironically at Pattie’s suggestion, to satisfy a need from a childhood he never fully experienced, and they all left with master yogi Maharishi Mahesh in India.

For those who haven’t read previous Beatles books, his book is full of references like their Los Angeles home on “Blue Jay Way” and Prudence Farrow, Mia’s sister, was the “Dear Prudence” who wouldn’t leave her House. in India with the Maharishi. Sergeant Pilcher was the British police officer who arrested John Lennon, George and many other rockers of the day for drugs, including Mick Jagger. “Jennifer Juniper” was a Donovan song for Pattie’s sister, Jennifer, who was also Mick Fleetwood’s main attraction from time to time, and there are plenty of other rock trivia tidbits that have their place in the history connected with the Pattie’s life with George.

George eventually became emotionally detached from her when he began using drugs and then meditating trying to find his way through a lost childhood. Then Eric Clapton appears writing her passionate letters and begging her to leave George for a life with him. At first, she thinks this is all very nice and flattering, but then Eric goes on a heroin binge due to his refusal to relent and be with him like a spiteful boy. Eventually, George’s inattention and Eric’s determined persistence get the best of Pattie and she leaves George to follow Eric on tour. Years go by and addiction to drugs, alcohol and heroin take their toll on “Slowhand” and he shows no attempt to remain faithful to any woman. As much as Pattie wants to understand and deal with the issues of his flirtations and drunkenness, in fact compromising her own principles in doing so, the relationship inevitably collapses when Eric “moves on,” in full rock star persona. see with After Midnite: sex, drugs and rock and roll.

Pattie was and is only looking for love with someone who can make her laugh and treat her as an equal. This book is not a kiss-and-tell epic, and one would love to hear some of the intense moments of emotion and vase-throwing, I’m sure, but one can feel the immense pain it took to finally put this into words for all to see. read. without destroying her relationships, especially with Clapton. Her only mistake was believing in young men who couldn’t tie their own shoes and needed to grow up and take their marriage seriously. But now she is finally alone, enjoying her life with no expectations of her and has accepted her responsibility to help these “kids” and be part of the problem. She still maintains great beauty inside and out and she is she and always will be the mythical lady immortalized as Helen of Troy in which Pattie cast a million flashes of light for encores in concerts around the world.

“Layla, you still got me on my knees…”