Emerson, Donnie & Joe
Dreamin' Wild
Re-release of this private pressed album from the seventies! The album was recorded in rural Fruitland, Washington (population: 50). In short, the world's greatest dad builds a home studio for his kids on the family farm. After the day's chores, teenage brothers Donnie & Joe Emerson spend hours recording deep into the night. What unfolds is a private press jewel of pure beauty, mixing bedroom pop jams, raw funk, and yacht rock with a larger than life story fit for the big screen (and one of the strangest album covers of all time). After spending over $100,000 to build the recording studio and remodel the barn into a concert venue, the family loses 1,500 of their 1,600-acre farm once the album doesn't take off. It's a powerful, touching story of a father's dedication to his children's dreams.