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Mad about the girl: how Layla cast her spell over music by Sarfraz Manzoor

It foreshadowed Romeo and Juliet and inspired Eric Clapton's 'most powerful' song, so how will the love story Layla and Majnun play as a musical?He was in love but she was promised to another and it was driving him mad. It was the spring of 1970 and Eric Clapton was besotted with former model Pattie Boyd but she was married to George Harrison. The former Beatle and the guitarist were close friends but Clapton found h…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:39AM on April 1, 2016

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