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Chris O'Dell has packed a lot in a small amount of time and is probably surprised that she made as far as she has, considering the life she have lived. Hanging around with the Beatles, Eric Clapton and the Rolling Stones and managing tours for George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Santana,…

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Chris O'Dell has a truly remarkable rock & roll story. She left Arizona for LA in the late 60s and hooked up with Beatles' insider Derek Taylor. Taylor brought her to London. She got a job with Apple and became a confidante of two Beatle wives: Pattie Boyd Harrison and Maureen Starkey. She was one of only three people not in the band or crew on the rooftop at Apple for the Beatles' last public appearance. Leon Russell wrote two songs for her; George Harrison wrote one. Though this could've been a book of name-dropping, O'Dell shares her remarkable story…

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