Unavailable
Unavailable
Unavailable
Audiobook (abridged)1 hour
Wonderful Tonight: George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me
Written by Pattie Boyd
Narrated by Pattie Boyd
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
4/5
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this audiobook
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.
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.
Unavailable
Related to Wonderful Tonight
Related audiobooks
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band: The Album, the Beatles, and the World in 1967 Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Fire and Rain: The Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, James Taylor, CSNY and the Lost - Story of 1970 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5All These Things That I've Done: My Insane, Improbable Rock Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Who I Am Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Liner Notes: On Parents & Children, Exes & Excess, Death & Decay, & a Few of My Other Favorite Things Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Icons of Rock: In Their Own Words Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGeorge Harrison: Soul of the Beatles: An Audio Biography Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Jennifer Juniper Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Rock Stars on the Record: The Albums That Changed Their Lives Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5In Their Lives: Great Writers on Great Beatles Songs Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5My West Side Story: A Memoir Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGod Only Knows: The Story of Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys & the California Myth Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsE Street Shuffle: The Glory Days of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I Saw Them Standing There: Adventures of an Original Fan during Beatlemania and Beyond Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Angel on the Roof: The Stories of Russell Banks Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mysteries in the Music: Case Closed Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Irrepressible: The Jazz Age Life of Henrietta Bingham Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Rock 'N Roll and American Society Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSo Many Roads: The Life and Times of the Grateful Dead Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Story of Motown Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Must You Go?: My Life with Harold Pinter Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5My Infamous Life: The Autobiography of Mobb Deep's Prodigy Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Savage Young Beatles Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFrank Sinatra: My Way Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFandom and The Beatles: The Act You've Known for All These Years Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5George Harrison: The Reluctant Beatle Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Market Street Tapes: The Best of Ki Longfellow Stanshall Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBased on a True Story Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Popular Culture & Media Studies For You
Full Service: My Adventures in Hollywood and the Secret Sex Lives of the Stars Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The 50th Law Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Butts: A Backstory Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Don't Panic: Douglas Adams and the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Predictably Irrational Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Freakonomics Rev Ed Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Psychology of Zelda: Linking Our World to the Legend of Zelda Series Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Do You Know Who I Am?: Battling Imposter Syndrome in Hollywood Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Burn It Down: Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, Technology Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Among the Bros: A Fraternity Crime Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Burn Book: A Tech Love Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Religion of Sports: Navigating the Trials of Life through the Games we Love Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5My Body Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Don't Trust Your Gut: Using Data to Get What You Really Want in Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and The People Who Play It Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone: The Essential Writing of Hunter S. Thompson Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I'm Judging You: The Do-Better Manual Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Culture: The Story of Us, From Cave Art to K-Pop Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Wonderful Tonight
Rating: 3.769230769230769 out of 5 stars
4/5
39 ratings4 reviews
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5She’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
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A 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.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Honest, simple and interesting
A good read and highly recommended - Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Not 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