Woodstock was Hendrix's first public performance since the breakup of the Jimi Hendrix Experience on June 29, 1969. At Woodstock, he was accompanied by an expanded lineup of backing musicians.The short-lived group has been informally referred to as "Gypsy Sun and Rainbows", after a comment Hendrix made during the performance:
Dig, we'd like to get something straight. We got tired of the Experience ... So we decided to change the whole thing around, and call it Gypsy Sun and Rainbows. Or short, it's nothin' but a Band of Gypsys.
Hendrix's set began at 9 a.m. and lasted for about two hours; he played to a dwindling Monday morning audience.The set closed the festival.