Surprising Facts About Woodstock Festival

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Joni Mitchell Was Not Speaking From Experience

One of the most popular songs that Joni Mitchell has ever written is ‘Woodstock’ and these lyrics are the words that millions associated with the festival.

In reality, she didn’t even attend the festival- she wanted to perform she was also set to perform on The Dick Cavett Show, and her manager wanted her to be fresh and rehearsed for it so he told her not to go.

Joni Mitchell Was Not Speaking From Experience

She was later forced to write the song and instead of it being from her experience, she had to use her boyfriend Graham Nash’s experience in order to compose the piece.