Patti Boyd proves herself a class act by not making her autobiography "Wonderful Tonight" a tell all. Which is exactly why it left me dissatisfied and in search of some dirt. She was muse to two rock legends and inspired the songs "Something" and "Layla" two of the greatest rock love songs of all time. Caught in a love triangle with her husband George Harrison and his close friend Eric Clapton, she was the central figure in one of rockdoms most notorious love triangles. The tale is one of rock legend. Surely she has a passionate story to tell. Ms. Boyd is not a professional writer and despite her use of a co-author her story is told with no dramatic tension even though she lived a real life soap opera. Nontheless, Patti does have an important story to tell as a survivor of emotionally abusive relationships. She amazingly holds no grudges against her two self absorbed and distant ex-husbands. If she did, she would probably not be the well adjusted woman that she comes across as today.
Eric Clapton's own book Clapton: the Autobiography is out now and should prove an interesting counterpoint to Boyd's story.
LS
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