Highest Paid Performer of Woodstock Didn’t Show Up Until After the Event was Over: Jimi Hendrix

I am actually more surprised at how little some entertainers got paid to be at Woodstock. Here is a list of what they all made 1. Jimi Hendrix: $18,000 ($115,000) 2. Blood, Sweat and Tears: $15,000 ($95,000) 3T. Joan Baez: $10,000 ($63,000) 3T. Creedence Clearwater Revival: $10,000 ($63,000) 5T. The Band: $7,500 ($48,000) 5T. Janis Joplin: $7,500 ($48,000) 5T. Jefferson Airplane: $7,500 ($48,000) 8. Sly and the Family Stone: $7,000 ($45,000) 9. Canned Heat: $6,500 ($41,000) 10. The Who: $6,250 ($40,000) 11. Richie Havens: $6,000 ($38,000) 12T. Arlo Guthrie: $5,000 ($32,000) 12T. Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young: $5,000 ($32,000) 14. Ravi Shankar: $4,500 ($28,500) 15. Johnny Winter: $3,750 ($24,000) 16. Ten Years After: $3,250 ($20,000