Where I Belong Where I Belong

Where I Belong

Small Town to Great Big Sea

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Publisher Description

From the lead singer of the band Great Big Sea comes a lyrical and captivating musical memoir about growing up in the tiny fishing village of Petty Harbour, Newfoundland, and then taking to the world stage.
     Singer-songwriter and front man of the great Canadian band Great Big Sea, Alan Doyle is also a lyrical storyteller and a creative force. In Where I Belong, Alan paints a vivid, raucous and heartwarming portrait of a curious young lad born into the small coastal fishing community of Petty Harbour, Newfoundland, and destined to become a renowned musician who carried the musical tradition of generations before him and brought his signature sound to the world. He tells of 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"; and finally, of how everything he ever learned as a kid prepared him for that pivotal moment when he became part of Great Big Sea and sailed away on what would be the greatest musical adventure of his life.
     Filled with the lore and traditions of the East Coast and told in a voice that is at once captivating and refreshingly candid, this is a narrative journey about 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.

GENRE
Biographies & Memoirs
RELEASED
2014
October 14
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
336
Pages
PUBLISHER
Doubleday Canada
SELLER
Penguin Random House Canada
SIZE
16.3
MB

Customer Reviews

Tompkins Grl ,

Where I belong ....

As a Newfoundlander living away from home this book literally captured me and you feels like you're right there in Newfoundland when reading.
Loved it!

Comelian rock ,

Where I belong

In my heart of hearts I would read it again

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