In 1970, Eric Clapton wrote his secret love, Pattie Boyd, one of the most famous classic rock love songs, “Layla.” Before he showed his tune to the object of his affection, Clapton sent Boyd, the wife ...

In the world of rock music, 1970 was a year of disasters. From the Beatles’ breakup to the deaths of Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin, it felt that year as if the very pillars of rock music were being ...

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It was a love triangle for the ages. Sixties supermodel Pattie Boyd was famously at the center of a rift between guitar-riffing gods George Harrison and Eric Clapton. In fact, Clapton tried to woo ...

It's one of the most famous, and possibly infamous, rock songs of all time, a yearning scorcher Eric Clapton wrote about his mad love for Pattie Boyd, who was then the wife of his close friend George ...

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