A Muse of Fire

How Pattie Boyd lit up the music of George Harrison and Eric Clapton

Mar 29, 2024

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George and Pattie on their wedding day, reproduced in *George Harrison:* *The Reluctant Beatle* (*Shutterstock*)

I’m so delighted that Pattie Boyd has, at last, received fitting recompense for inspiring three of the 20th century’s greatest love songs: George Harrison’s Something and Eric Clapton’s Layla and Wonderful Tonight.

Pattie was married to the two guita…

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