WOODSTOCK REMEMBERED: While Woodstock stands culturally as...

WOODSTOCK REMEMBERED: While Woodstock stands culturally as a landmark music and peace festival, former Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young drummer Dallas Taylor remembers it as a drugged-out celebration of depravity and rock-star ego--with him right in the middle of it.

Taylor’s new autobiography, “Prisoner of Woodstock,” gives the backstage view of the noted festival--and it’s not very pretty, with stars battling over time slots and underage groupies. Taylor weaves that story through his own life tale, notable for years of drug addiction that ultimately led to his 1990 life-or-death liver transplant.

Apparently, time healed more than just Taylor: David Crosby and Graham Nash wrote upbeat introductions for the book, even though each (especially Nash) figures in some rather unflattering episodes.