Chris O'Dell has been called the Zelig of rock 'n' roll. After getting her start working at the Beatles' London offices in 1968, she became a trusted confidant of practically every major artist of the '70s. George Harrison, her one time boss, immortalized her in the song "Miss O’Dell.” Leon Russell wooed her by writing “Pisces Apple Lady” in her honor. She's the "woman down the hall" in Joni Mitchell's "Coyote" and was pictured on the back cover of the Stones' Exile on Main Street. More than a muse, she was one of just a handful of professional women in rock, managing gargantuan, globe-trotting tours for the likes of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young; Bob Dylan; Linda Ronstadt; Santana; Phil Collins, Earth, Wind and Fire; Fleetwood Mac; Queen and many more. But before all that, she earned her stripes on the STP tour with the Stones. Listen as she reunites with her friends and fellow STP vets Robert Greenfield and Gary Stromberg for the first time since the tour wrapped in 1972. Together they recall drug runs for Keith Richards, long nights at the Playboy Mansion, and longer days in the Rolling Stones' inner sanctum.
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TWELVE: The End of the Road in New York City
ELEVEN: Bombings, Busts, and Boston Burning
TEN: Sex, Drugs and Motel Mayhem in the Midwest
PIT STOP: The Reach and Raunch of 'Exile on Main Street' with Producer David Barbe
NINE: Culture Clash in the South
EIGHT: Up All Night in Chicago's Playboy Mansion
SEVEN: Madness and Manson in the Hollywood Hills
SIX: Ghosts of Altamont in San Francisco (Part 2)
FIVE: Ghosts of Altamont in San Francisco (Part I)
FOUR: Vancouver Venue Invasion
THREE: Deadlines, Detox and the L.A. High Life
TWO: 'Exile' and Drug Runners in the French Riviera
ONE: America in Flames, Stones in the Crosshairs
Introducing: Stones Touring Party
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