The Rock-n-Roll Farmers: Donnie & Joe Emerson (2012)

  • NR
  • 06/26/2012 (US)
  • Documentary, Music
  • 7m

Dreamin' Wild

Overview

From: Light In The Attic Records: ‘Baby’ has been a staple on just about every playlist/mixtape I’ve assembled in the past 3 years. It is nothing short of sublime.” – Ariel Pink Pacific Northwest isolation mixed with wide-eyed ambition, a strong sense of family and the gift of music proved to be quite the combination for teenage brothers Donnie and Joe Emerson. Originally released in 1979, Dreamin’ Wild is the sonic vision of the talented Emerson boys, recorded in a family built home studio in rural Washington State. Situated in the unlikely blink-and-you-missed-it town of Fruitland and far removed from the late 1970s punk movement and the larger disco boom, Donnie and Joe tilled their own musical soil, channeling bedroom pop jams, raw funk, and yacht rock.

Matt Sullivan

Director

Michelle Witten

Director

Cast

Donnie Emerson's headshot

Donnie Emerson

Himself
Joe Emerson's headshot

Joe Emerson

Himself
Don Emerson Sr.'s headshot

Don Emerson Sr.

Himself

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