Stagecoach 2007

David Serby walks up to the stage while waiting to perform.  (Myung J. Chun / LAT)

North Carolina performer Eric Church engages the crowd on Saturday.  (Myung J. Chun / LAT)

A fan gets a left during Eric Church’s performance on Saturday evening.  (Myung J. Chun / LAT)

Lucinda Williams, who has chronicled the myriad ways romance can go wrong, rocks hard during her Saturday performance.  (Myung J. Chun / LAT)

Willie Nelson gets the crowd going during his set.  (Myung J. Chun / LAT)

Alan Jackson performs on the Mane Stage on Saturday night.  (Myung J. Chun / LAT)

Indie rock singer-songwriter Neko Case performs on Saturday night.  (Myung J. Chun / LAT)

George Strait, who surpassed Conway Twitty as the country act with the most No. 1 singles, during his Saturday night performance.  (Myung J. Chun / LAT)

Crowds find their spots in front of the Mane Stage on Sunday.  (Myung J. Chun / LAT)

John Doe, of the L.A. punk band “X,” performs on Sunday afternoon.  (Myung J. Chun / LAT)

Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland performs on Sunday.  (Myung J. Chun / LAT)

Fans Erika Alvarez (left) and Korina Cardenas of Rancho Cucamonga sing along with Sugarland.  (Myung J. Chun / LAT)

Carolyn Dawn Johnson strums the guitar on the Mane Stage on Sunday.  (Kevin Winter / Getty Images)

Kris Kristofferson, whose movie stardom overtook his music career in the ‘70s, still knows his way around a guitar.  (Myung J. Chun / LAT)

Ten-year-old Joshua Fessey of Anaheim Hills, tries to rope cattle at the Half-Pint Hottenanny.  (Myung J. Chun / LAT)

Alejandro Escovedo plugs into messy rock-country on the Palomino Stage.  (Frazer Harrison / Getty Images)

Patterson Hood from the Drive By Truckers performs on the Palomino Stage.  (Myung J. Chun / LAT)

Emmylou Harris performs on the Palomino Stage on Sunday.  (Myung J. Chun / LAT)

Kenny Chesney performs on the Mane Stage on Sunday night.  (Myung J. Chun / LAT)

Musicians Kix Brooks (left) and Ronnie Dunn of Brooks & Dunn perform on the Mane Stage on Sunday.  (Myung J. Chun / LAT)