Prisoner of Woodstock

by Dallas Taylor and Stephen Shea

Book Overview

A millionaire at 21, a penniless junkie living with prostitutes in Hollywood at 25, the drummer for Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young recalls his reckless life among the sixties generation and his battle with liver disease. 20,000 first printing. Tour.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560250720
• ISBN13: 9781560250722
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Painfully funny and satisfyingly insightful

Too funny. Dry, cynical and by turns fearlessly objective and nastily subjective, Taylor pulls no punches and reveals himself at his worst, in the throes of addiction and wrapped in self-pity. Amazing that he could make such dire circumstances entertaining, often amusing and always enlightening. An honest, straightforward book by a man whose saving grace is probably his self-aware, self-depreciating sense of humor. Highly recommended.

A great story about personal struggle and courage

This a very well balanced book. It is entertaining with great humor, but more importantly, it is about the courage to confront and struggle to survive and thrive in the face of great personal adversity

Two books in One!

If you are a fan of CSNY, or just that era in California rock, this is a great inside look of how things went down. Dallas is very open, and up front about "Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll". His words also give you an inside peak on the personalities of the musicians you listen to, most notably Stills and Young. The music and musicians are just ONE part of the book. This is the part that made me buy it. The intruige of what went down in the 60s, 70s, 80s. HOWEVER, as the title reads on this review, it's two books in one. Dallas also did an amazing job describing his drug problems. What drugs were being done, how they made him feel, what they made him do, what he had to go through psychologically, and physically. It was a tale of his struggles ON drugs and getting over drugs. Hospitals, sugeries, friendships and relationships lost. I've been fortunate enough to never dabble into drugs, but if you have a friend or loved one who is/has, they should read this book. It's a great resource, and could scare them straight.

genuine, hilarious, tragic, hopeful

real life american story of a lost child who was swept up in the compelling 1960's. dallas taylor's honest, revealing story tells what it was like to be a part of history - to experience the tragic/ comical reality of sex, drugs and rock 'n roll -- to suffer and battle his personal daemons and to survive drug addiction and an organ transplant. God Bless Dallas Taylor.

My Dads Last Best Friend

I should begin this review with a little info for anyone who should read this.I read the name Dallas Taylor for the first time when I was about 10 years old,I was reading a name off an old 45 single of the songs Hitch Hike and Papas got a brand new bag.I always wanted to know who this guy was and how to get a hold of him. Well, now i know who he is,or was, but I still dont know how to get a hold of him. This book taught me a lot of the man who last knew my father before he died, and I even found a few pages dedicated to the last moments of his life.I thought I knew about the sixties but this book showed me how little I really knew.Many people who have had problems with drugs or alcohol in there lives will benifit greatly from this book.I hope you all will take the time to read this book.It will help you understand things a little bit better and introduce you to my dads last best friend.