Surprising Facts About Woodstock Festival

The Grateful Dead Was One of Lowest-paid Performers

This is surprising because there is no other band more closely associated with the hippie movement crowd at Woodstock, but the Grateful Dead did admit that their set was kinda a disaster.

The Grateful Dead Was One of Lowest-paid Performers

Due to the rain,the electricity was striking them through their guitars and microphone, and they only ended up playing five songs so they were only paid $2,500.

As for Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young they went for $5,000 each. There were lots who played for a couple thousand dollars, and lowest paid performer was Quill for $375.