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    What rock band scheduled to play at Woodstock was unable to make it to the site for their performance because of all the heavy traffic?

    Question #107879. Asked by star_gazer. (Aug 11 09 2:05 AM)


    sierot

    		It was a psychodelic band Sweetwater. They were substituted by yoga excersise. They played on the festival later on, though.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1204849/Forty-far-facts-knew-Woodstock.html

    Aug 11 09, 2:11 AM
    rb6359

    		Iron Butterfly missed Woodstock.

    They were booked to appear and even got to the airport and then to the Americana Hotel but neither the band nor the semi-trailer with all their equipment could get to the site due to the traffic. Differing stories suggest that their demands for a helicopter to take them to the site were (tersely) declined or that the organisers had promised a helicopter but it did not arrive.

    Either way, Iron Butterfly did not appear.

    See:
    http://www.drumheadmag.com/web/feature.php?id=14
    (scroll down to "Woodstock or Bust")

    Also:
    http://books.google.com.au/books?id=M-yEPUnB7GsC&pg=PA44&lpg=PA44&dq=woodstock+iron+butterfly&source=bl&ots=5VkNO_bdYq&sig=EELmteMkpYmzPq4a_Bih-yQ4yIY&hl=en&ei=GLCCStbUGoPAsQOKrcWvAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10#v=onepage&q=woodstock%20iron%20butterfly&f=false

    Also:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Butterfly#History

    And:
    http://www.justpressplay.net/music/music-news/5689-woodstock-40th-anniversary.html

    Aug 12 09, 6:18 AM

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