of Huff's production style. For the Coming Home album, the band members said that they wanted to achieve a sound with more "edge" and less influenced by such ballads. As is typical of country music bands, most of their albums featured session musicians instead of having the individual members play most of the instruments themselves. New Country magazine's review of their debut album criticized the band's sound for this reason, while Andrew W. Griffin of Country Standard Time also noted the effect on the band's overall sound: "McDonald's voice made Lonestar. It's a good voice. Full of passion and country-embracing enthusiasm. As for his band mates, Lonestar relied way too much on sidemen to have developed a discernible sound of their own." Television appearances McDonald competed on one episode of the television game show Wheel of Fortune recorded at the Grand Ole Opry house in Nashville and aired in February 2003. The episode was part of a special week that paired contestants with country music singers, who made donations to charity equivalent to their respective contestants' winnings. For his episode, McDonald donated to Habitat for Humanity. All four members of Lonestar appeared on separate episodes of the same game show that aired in February 2007, during another week with identical gameplay and payouts. McDonald and Britt both won the bonus round, respectively donating $61,000 for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and $59,350 for Adopt-a-Platoon, while Sams and Rainwater won $10,000 each for charities. The group also appeared on The Price Is Right, serving as the house band on the episode that aired June 17, 2010. They performed the show's theme song, along with a sample of songs from Party Heard Around the World. Personnel Current members Drew Womack (born July 8, 1970) - lead vocals, acoustic guitar (2021-present) Michael Britt (born June 15, 1966) - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, background vocals (1992–present) Dean Sams (born August 3, 1966) - keyboards, acoustic guitar, harmonica, background vocals (1992–present) Randy "Keech" Rainwater (born January 24, 1963) - drums (1992–present) Former members Richie McDonald (born February 6, 1962) - lead vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards (1992–2008, 2011–2021) John Rich (born January 7, 1974) - bass guitar, lead and background vocals (1992–1998) Cody Collins (born June 1, 1984) - lead vocals, acoustic guitar (2008–2011) Current touring musicians Robby Wilson- bass guitar, vocals Former touring musicians Kurt Baumer - fiddle Robbie Cheuvront - bass guitar Jeremy Moyers