PRISONER OF WOODSTOCK - by DALLAS TAYLOR

Thunder's Mouth Press (US Import), 1995

One is struck by the similarities between David Crosby and ex-CSNY drummer Dallas Taylor. Both are survivors of years of serious drug abuse; both have had liver transplants and both wrote autobiographies. Taylor writes of his years with CSNY (of whom it must be said hardly come out smelling of roses), Manassas and his narcotic excesses. The book flits somewhat dreamlike between operating theatre, Woodstock and Detox Centre. The book finishes with the CSNY reunion for Dallas's Benefit Concert at Santa Monica in 1990. The book, apparently, didn't go down well with his former compadres, as his CSNY royalties ceased around about the time of the book's publication and he subsequently sued them for back royalties in 1996.