Their late 1970s work was largely unknown until it was rediscovered by a new generation of fans in the 21st century.
Living on a 1600-acre[1][2] family farm in rural Fruitland, Washington, in the late 1970s, the brothers' father, Don Emerson Sr., encouraged his teenage sons' musical interest as they began writing and playing their own music.
Don Sr. built his sons a state-of-the-art $100,000 recording studio called The Practice Place and in it they self-produced and self-released their first album, Dreamin' Wild, in 1979, an eclectic mix of rock, soul, R&B, country and funk music,[3] on their own Enterprise & Co.
[6] In October 2012, the brothers performed at a Light in the Attic anniversary concert in Seattle.
[7] In the 18 months the Emerson brothers spent in their farm studio, they wrote and recorded around 70 songs.