Stagecoach has found room for Willie Nelson more than once. He played the Palomino Stage in 2017. In 2024, at 90, he brought sons Lukas and Micah, worked through "Whiskey River" and "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys," covered Pearl Jam's "Just Breathe," and ended on "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" with Ernest, Jelly Roll and Charley Crockett crowding the stage. He'll be 93 for this Saturday set, and he's still putting out records at a pace that barely makes sense: Dream Chaser, produced by Buddy Cannon and released by Legacy on May 29, 2026, is counted as his 79th solo studio album and 156th album overall, and it includes "I Can't Read Your Mind," a song he wrote with Bob Dylan.
The Family half of the billing dates to 1973. Mickey Raphael has played harmonica in it since then, and by his own telling nobody ever officially asked him to join; they just never asked him to leave. Willie's older sister Bobbie played piano beside him for decades until her death in March 2022, at 91. The spring 2026 lineup had Raphael, Kevin Smith on bass, and Lukas and Micah Nelson on guitar and vocals, and the shows still lean on "On the Road Again," "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" and "Always on My Mind."