Miss ODell, Chris ODell
Miss ODell, Chris ODell
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Miss O'Dell
My Hard Days and Long Nights with The Beatles,The Stones, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, and the Women They Loved

Author: Chris O'Dell, Katherine Ketcham

Narrator: Renée Raudman

Unabridged: 14 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/16/2009


Synopsis

Chris O'Dell wasn't famous. She wasn't even almost famous. But she was there.

She was in the studio when the Beatles recorded The White Album, Abbey Road, and Let It Be, and when Paul recorded "Hey Jude," she sang in the chorus.

She was at Ringo's kitchen table when George Harrison said, "You know, Ringo, I'm in love with your wife," and Ringo replied, "Better you than someone we don't know."

She typed the lyrics to George Harrison's All Things Must Pass. She lived with George and Pattie Boyd at Friar Park, developed a crush on Eric Clapton, and unwittingly got involved in the famous love story between Eric and Pattie.

She's the subject of Leon Russell's "Pisces Apple Lady," a song he wrote to woo her. Other rock legends with whom she was intimate include Ringo, Mick Jagger, and Bob Dylan.

She worked with the Rolling Stones as their personal assistant on their infamous 1972 tour and did a drug run for Keith Richards.

She's "the woman down the hall" in Joni Mitchell's song "Coyote" about a love triangle on Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue tour. She's the "mystery woman" pictured on the back of the Rolling Stones album Exile on Main Street. She's the "Miss O'Dell" of George Harrison's song about her.

Jam-packed with intimate anecdotes, Miss O'Dell is a backstage pass to some of the most momentous events in rock history.

About Chris O'Dell

Chris O'Dell is a licensed professional counselor, substance abuse counselor, and certified hypnotherapist with a private practice in Tucson, Arizona. She earned her master's in counseling from Prescott College. From 1968 to 1970, Chris worked as a personal assistant at the Beatles' Apple Corps Ltd. She then became personal assistant to the Rolling Stones and accompanied them on the 1972 Rolling Stones Tour of America. From 1974 to 1984, she served as tour manager for George Harrison; Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young; Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Tour; Jennifer Warnes; and Linda Ronstadt. She was co-owner of a tour promotion company in Frankfurt, Germany, and traveled with Fleetwood Mac, Queen, and Phil Collins as a translator and tour coordinator. She returned to the road briefly with Linda Ronstadt in 2004.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Wileyacez on March 25, 2012

Okay--I've been on a rock and roll memoir kick. I've read Pattie Boyd's book and Bebe Buell's book. They both kind of depressed me because those women were really not much outside of their relationships with rock personas. This book was great--Chris O'Dell is "one of us" in the sense that she landed......more

Goodreads review by Ashlee on March 06, 2014

I liked this book better than Pattie Boyd's book, I felt I got a better idea of Pattie's and George's personalities than I did Pattie's book. Some negative comments first about the author: She for the most part works for these people (te exception is the Rolling Stones, they just liked having her aro......more

Goodreads review by Tori on October 24, 2020

Note: I read this book at least six months ago, so I am a little fuzzy on the details. Anyways, I have read Clapton's book, Pattie's book, Cynthia's book, etc. but this book gives the best view of all the players in the late 60s/ early 70s music scene. I think Miss O'Dell really gives a great view o......more

Goodreads review by C'lestial on February 08, 2024

Chris was there in the 60's along with the start of Apple in England. It tells of her life coming from California from a lucky break to go to England to work for Apple along with the Beatles, the Stones, Dylan, Leon Russell, and many more of the greats of that time. It was great reading about being......more

Goodreads review by Yvonne on February 02, 2014

Talk about being at the right place at the right time. Chris O'Dell's life seems too unreal to be true. Thanks to her "can-do" attitude Chris finds herself working at Apple with the Beatles, living as an employee and later as a friend with some of them, as well as touring and managing tours with the......more