‘LAYLA’ BREAKS SILENCE – SONG MUSE TELLS ALL ABOUT ERIC, GEORGE

‘LAYLA’ BREAKS SILENCE – SONG MUSE TELLS ALL ABOUT ERIC, GEORGE

Source and Published by NY Post, HASANI GITTENS WRONG NOTE: Model and "Layla" subject Pattie Boyd famously left husband George Harrison (above) to be with ’70s guitar god Eric Clapton. August 6, 2007 — Maybe it’s just her foolish pride. Pattie Boyd, the blond model Eric Clapton stole from his Beatle friend George Harrison, in her first interview in 35 years, yesterday talked about why she’s had three of the most famous love songs in rock history written for her. Her dalliances with Clapton began in 1970 – four years after marrying Harrison – when Clapton first played her the song he wrote for her, "Layla." London’s Daily Mail interviewed Boyd and excerpted passages from her new autobiography, "Wonderful Today," in which she reveals what had the two men "on their knees, beggin’ darlin’ please."