Neverland Studios Neverland Studios Neverland Studios is an American recording studio owned and operated by musician and songwriter Derri Daugherty. Neverland was originally built in Los Alamitos, California, but eventually settled in Nashville, Tennessee when Daugherty relocated there in the early 1990s. Daugherty's band The Choir has recorded nearly all of its albums at the studio, including "Chase the Kangaroo", "Wide Eyed Wonder", "Circle Slide", "Kissers and Killers", "Speckled Bird", "Free Flying Soul", the Grammy nominated "Flap Your Wings" and "O How the Mighty Have Fallen". Other albums to be recorded at the studio include The Lost Dogs albums "Real Men Cry",
Neverland Ranch years of home building...I achieved here all the things I wanted to do in my business but could not". He had considered converting the property to a country club but did not do so. Michael Jackson purchased the estate from Bone in 1988 for an amount that is not certain. Some sources indicate $19.5 million while others suggest it was closer to $30 million US dollars. The property was initially purchased by a trust with Jackson's lawyer, John Branca, and his accountant, Marshall Gelfand, as trustees, for reasons of privacy. The arrangement was later rescinded by Jackson in April 1988