Alan Doyle writes of growing up in the tiny fishing village of Petty Harbour, Newfoundland, and then taking to the world stage. 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; of growing up in a family of five in a two-bedroom house, yet lacking nothing; of learning at his father's knee how to sing the story of a song 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.