Famed photographer, model and rock 'n' roll muse Pattie Boyd joins host Kenneth Womack for the special fifth season premiere of "Everything Fab Four," a podcast co-produced by me and Womack (a music scholar who also writes about pop music for Salon) and distributed by Salon.
Boyd, an "It Girl" of the swinging '60s scene in London before becoming Mrs. George Harrison (and later, Mrs. Eric Clapton), describes herself as having been a "sloppy teen" who "really didn't know what she wanted to do with her life" before going into modeling. After meeting an agent while working at Elizabeth Arden, Boyd began approaching photographers who needed subjects and asking them to take her photo so she could build her portfolio. Then, she hit the pavement. "Nothing comes for free," she says to Womack. "You've got to take a step and help the energy of the universe push you forward."
