Author: Marjorie Doyle. Published by Pottersfield Press, Lawrencetown Beach, NS., 2005. 1st Edition. Flat Sisned by the Author. Printed in Canada. Almost New Condition SOFTCOVER Book, with minor cover wear.
REELS, ROCK and ROSARIES, is the story of one Newfoundland woman's life in music told with wit, charm, candor, and insight. It is a memoir threaded with tunes weighted with memory - the blues riff, the snatch of an adagio, the pop song heard in a cab and the powerful emotional punch of the island's traditional music.
Marjorie Doyle takes us into her life from a convent girl in a choir to a Janis Joplin wannabe to a hippie piccolo player in a military band. She relives the first time she sang in four-part harmony. She speaks of the curious tangle of lyrics and music that moved into her life as she banged out the songs of Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell and how, when she was 33 years old, Dolly Parton and the warm slide of a steel guitar waltzed her into country music.
