While model and photographer Pattie Boyd is not a musician, the mark she has made on the world of rock music as an inspiration for ex-husbands George Harrison and Eric Clapton is indelible. First married to Harrison while he was in The Beatles, she was the subject of the song "Something," a #1 hit love song appearing on the Abbey Road album.Daily Mail: Pattie Boyd: My Hellish Love Triangle with George and Eric (August 6, 2007)
Love and Music
While still married, Boyd became the muse for Harrison's friend Eric Clapton, whose unrequited love for her inspired such songs as "Layla" and "Bell Bottom Blues". Eventually, Clapton and Boyd would marry, and Clapton's "Wonderful Tonight" would be another, in a line of classic songs written for her.Daily Mail: Pattie Boyd: My Hellish Love Triangle with George and Eric (August 6, 2007)
Photo Exhibit
In August 2008, Boyd had a photo exhibition called Through The Eye Of A Muse debut at Gallery Number One in Dublin, Ireland. The photos chronicle her time with George Harrison and Eric Clapton.The Irish Times: Something in the way she moves (August 20, 2008)