Donnie & Joe Emerson at Mercury Lounge

In the late 70s, Donnie and Joe Emerson were ages 17 and 19, respectively, and living with their family in the logging community of Fruitland, Washington, when their father, Don Emerson Sr., pulled a Good Joe Jackson and built his sons a recording studio to encourage their dreams of making it as musicians. (He also constructed a 300-seat auditorium called Camp Jammin’). The younger Emersons recorded their only LP, Dreamin’ Wild, between logging and farm chores, influenced only by the milquetoast pop, blue-eyed soul and yacht rock dominating AM airwaves at the time, only for the pressings to sit in the studio for decades. Last summer, Light in the Attic records finally released Dreamin’ Wild. This will be Donnie and Joe Emerson’s first ever show outside of Washington State.