Clapton’s own career had recently skyrocketed, and he had become perhaps the most revered virtuoso rock guitarist in the business, called “Old Slow Hand” because of his distinctive twangy guitar sound. Pattie’s strongest weapon against George was the man who had become his best friend now that the Beatles were gone: Eric Clapton. The Love You Make: An Insider’s Story of The Beatles By Peter Brown & Steven Gaines 1983 – New American Library, New York Clapton’s 1970 masterpiece, “Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs” (recorded with his band at the time, Derek and the Dominos), was an offering and a plea to her they eventually married in 1979 and divorced in 1988 (Light, 2010).
At some point in the late 1960s, Eric Clapton fell in love with Pattie Boyd, wife of his close friend George Harrison. It is one of the most mythic romantic entanglements in rock ’n’ roll history.
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