Pattie Boyd was the wide-eyed, model face of Sixties’ London who inspired ex-husbands George Harrison and Eric Clapton to write some of the greatest love songs of the 20th century. Most famously, Harrison wrote for her Something, and I Need You. Gripped by the desire to wrest Boyd from the arms of an increasingly errant Beatle, blues-god Clapton wrote Layla, and once they were married, Wonderful Tonight.
This May, Boyd will bring her compelling and entertaining life story to audiences in Sydney and Melbourne during an intimate three hours of George Harrison, Eric Clapton and Me; An Evening with Pattie Boyd.
Boyd will share memories, film footage and personal photographs of life in the“rock-ocracy” of the Sixties that included The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac, Led Zeppelin,Cream, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd.
She will reveal how she found herself bound to two of the most addictive and promiscuous musical geniuses of the 20th century and became the most legendary muse in the history of rock’n’roll.
Starting off with a swanky hour of cocktails with the ever-glamorous Boyd, the evening will then feature 2 hours of a conversational show and tell.
As well as the Evening with Pattie Boyd, Sydneysiders will be able to visit her second exhibition in 10 years, at the Blender Gallery, as part of the city’s annual Head On Photo Festival. It will feature selections from Pattie’s remarkable archive in an exclusive exhibition. Boyd’s modelling career and marriages put her in the enviable position of being able to take intimate photographs of some of the world's greatest musicians. Accordingly, her photography documented events - public and personal- around the lives of Harrison, Clapton and their friends. They included Paul and Linda McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, members of the Rolling Stones, The Who, Cream and more – performing, recording and partying. The exhibition opening will show many vintage prints and intimate Polaroid’s never seen before.
George Harrison, Eric Clapton and Me: An Evening with Pattie Boyd is in Sydney May 14 th at The Four Seasons Hotel.
Pattie Boyd’s exhibition at Blender Gallery [Facebook] as part of the Head On Photo Festival [Facebook] will be open from May 5 until June 2. Ms Boyd will attend a special launch on May 11.
