The Sons of the Desert The Sons of the Desert The Sons of the Desert is an international fraternal organization devoted to the lives and films of comedians Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. The group takes its name from a fictional lodge that Laurel and Hardy belonged to in the 1933 movie "Sons of the Desert". In 1964, a few years after the book, "Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy," was published, author John McCabe formed a small group of Laurel and Hardy admirers, including Orson Bean, cartoonist Al Kilgore, Chuck McCann, and John Municino. McCabe created a mock-serious “constitution” that satirized the formalities of many
Sons of the Desert (band) further, Westrum did not perform on "Change", with session drummer Steve Brewster contributing in his place. The album also featured Keith Urban playing banjo on the track "Ride". The title track served as the first single from "Change", followed by "Everybody's Gotta Grow Up Sometime." These songs peaked outside the country top 40. Following "Everybody's Gotta Grow Up Sometime," Sons of the Desert appeared as guest vocalists on Lee Ann Womack's 2000 single "I Hope You Dance", which went to No. 1 on the country charts. (Lee Ann is not related to the Womack brothers.) The band's final chart single,