Surprising Facts About Woodstock Festival

Who Turned Down Performing at Woodstock

There are quite a handful of artists that were asked to play at Woodstock and turned the opportunity down for various reasons, and would probably regret that decision for the rest of their lives.

When Jethro heard the lineup for the event, he realized that “it was going to a hippie festival” and turned it down.

Who Turned Down Performing at Woodstock

Ian Anderson explained this thought process- he assumed there would be naked ladies, drugs, alcohol, and “fooling around in the mud” because rain was in the forecast.

“Right. I don’t want to go”, he said. Because I don’t like hippies, and I’m usually rather put off by naked ladies unless the time is right”.