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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  
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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.

Miss O'Dell is the remarkable story of an ordinary woman who lived the dream of millions -- to be part of rock royalty's trusted inner circle. Illustrated with private photographs and 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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How did you come to write this book?

I knew I was living the dreams of millions. I have wanted to write this book for years, but could never find the right time. It arrived when I met Kathy Ketcham and together we have created a book of which I am extremely proud.

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"A riveting, honest, and brave account of life with the most famous names in rock and roll history...hard work, tough love, huge loss, pain and gain. I couldn't put the book down. I just loved it."
-- Pattie Boyd, author of Wonderful Tonight
"Chris O'Dell knew all the greatest names in sixties and seventies pop, from the Beatles and the Rolling Stones to Eric Clapton and Bob Dylan. Nicknamed 'the Pisces Apple Lady,' she was the ultimate insider, a uniquely trusted employee and friend in a world where betrayal and backstabbing are the norm. Now at last she tells her story, in devastating detail yet without envy or malice...a rockin' good read."
-- Philip Norman, author of Shout! The Beatles in Their Generation and John Lennon: The Life
"I enjoyed reading it very much. It is an astonishing look into the backstage of rock and roll."
-- Leon Russell
Tucson Weekly, December 3, 2009
...For many years, Tucsonan Chris O'Dell lived in the magic world of rock 'n' roll, surrounded by and friends with musicians many of us have only admired or idolized. It's all there in ...
Cleveland Scene, November 25, 2009
...the book warns against) and eating live ants (which the book does not warn against). With help from Katherine Ketcham, Chris O'Dell has penned a behind-the-scenes memoir for the rock and pop age. Miss O'Dell (Touchstone) begins in 1968, when ...
Detroit News, October 15, 2009
...remastered sessions are a reminder of what it was like to hear the Beatles with fresh ears. For Chris O'Dell, the Beatles will always sound fresh. She worked for them at Apple Records in the '60s, and she's written an account of those London ...