By April 1971, O'Dell was back in California, working with former Apple Records A&amp;R manager Peter Asher on developing the careers of singer-songwriters such as James Taylor, Carole King and Linda Ronstadt. At the same time, Harrison, having recently contributed to the debut solo album by Bobby Whitlock, formerly of Derek &amp; the Dominos, and finished the Radha Krishna Temple (London) album – both acts that O'Dell had been involved with professionally in 1969–70 – was now in Los Angeles to begin work on Shankar's "Raga" film soundtrack. He had also been informed of the tragic events occurring in Shankar's homeland, following the Bhola cyclone and the outbreak of the Bangladesh Liberation War. This was an issue that Harrison dealt with in the opening verse of a song he began writing, "Miss O'Dell",&lt;ref name="Mellis/Consequence"&gt;Len Comaratta, "Dusting 'Em Off: George Harrison and Friends – The Concert For Bangladesh", Consequence of Sound, 29 December 2012 (archived version retrieved 15 August 2014).&lt;/ref&gt; while waiting for his eponymous friend to visit him at his rented Malibu home: