Where I belong / Alan Doyle.
Where I belong / Alan Doyle.
Alternate Title
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Where I belong : small town to Great Big Sea
By
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Doyle, Alan, 1969-
Publication Date
:
2014
Publication Information
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Toronto : Doubleday Canada,
Physical Description
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xvi, 314 p. : ill.
Subject Term
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Rock musicians -- Canada -- Biography.
Folk musicians -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Biography.
Musicians -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Biography.
Celtic music -- Newfoundland and Labrador.
Musicians -- Canada -- Biography.
Folk-rock music.
Summary
:
From the lead singer of the band Great Big Sea comes a memoir about growing up in the tiny fishing village of Petty Harbour, Newfoundland, and then taking to the world stage. Alan paints a vivid and raucous portrait of a curious young lad born into the small coastal fishing community of Petty Harbour, Newfoundland, a childhood surrounded by larger-than-life characters who made an indelible impression on his music and work; of his first job on the wharf cutting out cod tongues for fishermen; of growing up in a family of five in a two-bedroom house with a beef-bucket as a toilet, yet lacking nothing; of learning at his father's knee how to sing the story of a song and learning from his mother how to simply "be good." Small-town life, curiosity and creative fulfillment, and finally, about leaving everything you know behind only to learn that no matter where you go, home will always be with you.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9780385680363
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