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MUSIC HISTORY

What the Artists Who Played Woodstock Were Paid

Opening ceremonies at Woodstock 1969
Public domain

Time Magazine called it “the greatest peaceful event in history.”

Countless books have been written and documentaries made about the historic gathering of close to a half million souls at the Woodstock Music and Art Fair held in Bethel, New York, in…

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