Miss O'Dell: Hard Days and Long Nights with The Beatles, The Stones, Bob Dylan and Eric Clapton

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CHRIS ODELL WASNT FAMOUS. SHE WASNT 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 she sang in the Hey Jude chorus.



* She lived with George Harrison and Pattie Boyd and unwittingly got involved in Patties famous love story with Eric Clapton.



* Shes the subject of Leon Russells Pisces Apple Lady.



* She worked for the Rolling Stones on their infamous 1972 tour and did a drug run for Keith Richards.



* Shes the woman down the hall in Joni Mitchells song Coyote, the mystery woman pictured on the Stones album Exile on Main Street, and the Miss ODell of George Harrisons song.



The remarkable, intimate story of an ordinary woman who lived the dream of millionsto be part of rock royaltys inner circleMiss ODell is a backstage pass to some of the most momentous events in rock history.

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If there were such a thing as a female Forrest Gump of rock n roll, Chris ODell would be it. --High Times
"One of the most rollicking and enjoyable classic rock memoirs of recent yearsdont mistakenly file this book under Groupie Lit." --Houston Press
Nick Carraway to classic rocks Gatsbysbrisk and excellent. --The New York Times Book Review

Author Bio

From 1968 to 1984, Chris O'Dell worked in the music world as an assistant and tour manager for the most influential musicians of that era. She has appeared on television, radio, and print media relating to her stories of her years with The Beatles and The Stones. She appears in a number of books written about the various groups she worked for including I, Me Mine by George Harrison; Rolling Thunder Logbook by Sam Shepard; Wonderful Tonight by Patti Boyd, and Clapton by Eric Clapton. Currently, she is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Substance Abuse Counselor. She has a twenty-two year old son and lives in Tucson, Arizona.

Katherine Ketcham is the coauthor of 13 books, including the New York Times bestseller Broken: My Story of Addiction and Redemption by William Moyers and the bestselling classics Under the Influence with James Milam and The Spirituality of Imperfection with Ernest Kurtz. More than 1.4 million copies of her books are in print, and her books have been translated into 13 languages. She has three adult children and lives in Walla Walla, Washington with her husband.