About A Girl
Bringing women out from the shadows of music history. Familiar characters, new perspectives.
Pattie Boyd, George Harrison, & Eric Clapton
Pattie Boyd is one of the best known rock star partners, having married both Beatle George Harrison and then Harrison’s close friend Eric Clapton. She famously inspired the Beatles’ “Something” and Clapton’s “Layla.”. But less publicized is the infidelity and turmoil that infected both marriages. Find out how she responded and finally emerged from it all.
Sources:
Wonderful Tonight by Pattie Boyd
George Harrison: Behind the Locked Door by Graeme Thompson
Clapton: The Autobiography by Eric Clapton
BeatlesBible.com Timeline
Miss O’Dell: My Hard Days and Long Nights with The Beatles, The Stones, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, and the Women They Loved by Chris O’Dell
Jennifer Juniper by Jenny Boyd
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