Wonderful Tonight

Wonderful Tonight is far and away Eric Clapton’s most famous song — and one of the most romantic songs ever written. I’ve had this arrangement in my back pocket for 20 years. I had been developing and playing it at wedding ceremonies for friends and family. I like how it morphed into an Americana piece, especially when played on a steel string guitar.

He wrote Wonderful Tonighton the evening of September 7th 1976, as he was waiting for Patti Boyd to get ready. The couple were attending Paul and Linda McCartney’s…