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

Narrated by:
Renée Raudman

Unabridged Audiobook

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2
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2
Release Date
November 2009
Duration
14 hours 0 minutes
Summary
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.
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Anonymous

Very well written and great content

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DanLadd

Really interesting book from a woman who had almost as many songs written about her as Pattie Boyd did. Unfortunately, so many lazy reviews (not here) treat her as if she was a groupie. She was not a groupie. She was an early employee of the Beatles' Apple Corporation, she was a close friend and confidant of Pattie Boyd, and of Maureen Starkey (George and Ringo's then-wives.) And, she went on to be the first female Tour Manager of a massive arena rock tour. Her stories about her time with Jim Gordon are worth the price of admission by themselves.

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