Never Enders Explained

Never Enders
Type:	studio
Artist:	Lonestar
Cover:	Lonestar - Never Enders.png
Recorded:	2014–2016
Studio:	Blackbird, Nashville Ocean Way, Nashville The Mix Mill, Nashville
Length:	35:59
Label:	Shanachie
Producer:	Dean Sams
Prev Title:	Life as We Know It
Prev Year:	2013

Never Enders is the tenth studio album by American country music band Lonestar, produced single-handedly by band member Dean Sams. It was released on April 29, 2016 via Shanachie Records.^[1] The album's lead single and title track was delivered to country radio on March 17, 2016. This is the final Lonestar album to feature lead singer Richie McDonald before he departed the band a second time in March 2021.^[2]

Personnel

Lonestar

• Richie McDonald – lead vocals
• Dean Sams – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, Hammond B3 organ, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
• Michael Britt – electric guitars
• Keech Rainwater – drums

Additional musicians

• Jimmy Nichols – Hammond B3 organ, strings
• Kenny Greenberg – electric guitars
• Derek Weils – electric guitars
• Ilya Toshinsky – acoustic guitar
• Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar
• Mark Hill – bass guitar
• Eric Darken – percussion
• Perry Coleman – backing vocals

Production

• Dean Sams – producer, digital editing
• Brady Barnett – digital editing
• Mills Logan – mixing, tracking engineer
• Josh Ditty – second engineer
• Ernesto Olvera – second engineer
• Ken Love – mastering at Five Points Mastering (Nashville, Tennessee)
• Jon-Paul Bruno – photography
• Glenn Sweltzer – art direction, design

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lonestar to Release 'Never Enders' in April, Share Title Track. The Boot. 2016-03-27.
2. Web site: Richie McDonald Departs Lonestar for Second Time. Parton. Chris. March 5, 2021. March 23, 2021. Sounds Like Nashville.