The Sons of the Desert Laurel & Hardy movie marathon and invited Sons members from across America to take part in the live, national broadcast. A documentary film about the Sons organization was produced in 1987 by Alexander Marshall: "Revenge of the Sons of the Desert" is a featurette showing the international membership at one of its conventions, with commentary by celebrity guests. An Emmy Award winner, the film is included in the DVD set "The Laurel & Hardy Collection Volume One" (released in 2006). The Michigan tent also started a helper group named after the Laurel and Hardy short "Brats," which is composed of
Sons of the Desert (band) Sons of the Desert (band) Sons of the Desert was an American country music band founded in 1989 in Waco, Texas Original members of the band included, Brothers Jim and Brett Beavers, Troy Von Haefan and Brian Westrum (drums) Drew Womack (lead vocals, rhythm guitar) and Tim Womack (lead guitar, background vocals), along with Scott Saunders (keyboards), Doug Virden (bass guitar, background vocals) joined the band as the original band members left to pursue other musical careers. The band released "Whatever Comes First" for Epic Records Nashville in 1997, and recorded a second album for Epic which was not released.