Where I belong / Alan Doyle.
Where I belong / Alan Doyle.
Alternate Title
:
Where I belong : small town to Great Big Sea
By
:
Doyle, Alan, 1969-
Publication Date
:
2014
Publication Information
:
Toronto : Doubleday Canada,
Physical Description
:
xvi, 314 p. : ill.
Subject Term
:
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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Arnold's Cove | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Baie Verte | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Bay Roberts | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Bay St. George South | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Bell Island | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Bishop's Falls | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Botwood | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Brigus | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Buchans | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Burgeo | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Burin | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Cape St. George | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Carbonear | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Clarenville | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Codroy Valley | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Conception Bay South | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Corner Brook | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Cow Head | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Deer Lake | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Fogo Island | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Fortune | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Gambo | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Gander | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Garnish | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Gaultois | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Glovertown | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Grand Bank | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Grand Falls-Windsor - Harmsworth | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Happy Valley - Goose Bay - Melville | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Harbour Breton | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Harbour Grace | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Hare Bay | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Harry's Harbour | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Holyrood | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
L'Anse Au Loup | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Labrador City | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Lourdes | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Marystown | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Mount Pearl - Ross King Memorial Public Library | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Musgrave Harbour - John B. Wheeler Public Library | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
New-Wes-Valley | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Norris Arm | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Old Perlican | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Pasadena | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Placentia | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Point Leamington | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Port au Port | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Port aux Basques | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Port Saunders | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Pouch Cove | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Springdale | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
St. Alban's | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
St. Anthony | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
St. Brides's | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
St. George's | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | ADULT BIO NL - BASEMENT OVERFLOW | Adult Biography NL - Basement Overflow | B D77 |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult Bio NL Ref - Cons Rm | Adult Biography NL Reference - Conservation Room | B D77 |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult Bio NL Ref - NL Rm | Adult Biography NL Reference - NL Room | B D77 |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult Bio NL Ref - Prov Coll | Adult Biography NL Reference - Provincial Collection | B D77 |
St. John's - Marjorie Mews | ADULT FIC NL DISPLAY | Adult Fiction NL Display | B D77 |
St. John's - Michael Donovan | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Stephenville - Kindale | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Stephenville Crossing | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Summerford | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Torbay | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Trepassey | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Trinity Bay North | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Twillingate | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Victoria | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Wabush | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |
Winterton | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B D77 |