On this episode of Face to Face: Life could have turned out a lot different for Don Amero.

The award winning musician’s parents split up when he was around 11 years old in what he says was a “really bad divorce.”

Growing up, there was always music in the house. Both of Amero’s parents played and sang.

Life in the north end of Winnipeg was also rough where Amero says there was a high rate of poverty and a lot of broken homes.

For Amero, music quickly became his vice.