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Fire and Rain

The Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, James Taylor, CSNY and the Lost Story of 1970

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Fire and Rain

De: David Browne
Narrado por: Sean Runnette
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January 1970: the Beatles assemble one more time to put the finishing touches on Let It Be; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young are wrapping up Déjà Vu; Simon and Garfunkel are unveiling Bridge Over Troubled Water; James Taylor is an upstart singer-songwriter who's just completed Sweet Baby James. Over the course of the next twelve months, their lives---and the world around them---will change irrevocably.

Fire and Rain tells the story of four iconic albums of 1970 and the lives, times, and constantly intertwining personal ties of the remarkable artists who made them. Acclaimed journalist David Browne sets these stories against an increasingly chaotic backdrop of events that sent the world spinning throughout that tumultuous year: Kent State, the Apollo 13 debacle, ongoing bombings by radical left-wing groups, the diffusion of the antiwar movement, and much more. Featuring candid interviews with more than 100 luminaries, including some of the artists themselves, Browne's vivid narrative tells the incredible story of how---over the course of 12 turbulent months---the '60s effectively ended and the '70s began.

©2011 David Browne (P)2011 Tantor
Historia y Crítica Entretenimiento y Celebridades Biografías y Memorias Música Celebridad

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"Browne's engrossing account of this fertile but volatile period sets the standard by which comprehensive musical histories should be judged." ( BookPage)
Comprehensive Historical Context • Fascinating Musical Insights • Pleasant Voice • Well-researched Cultural History

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for someone who has little time, to indulge in a reading passion, this was a good beginning for audible books. Interesting to me who lived through the times. Nice voice and inflection, thanks.

Good listen.

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For at least 2 generations, the flower children and the 'me's, 1970 was a watershed year, and David Browne's fascinating book takes us back there. I kept pausing the narrative to race off to listen to the music again and again. I felt it had some flaws in the storytelling style, however. There were narrative jumps and pivots that were really jarring - a sort of 'huh? How'd we get here' - rather than neat tie-ins between story lines. The narrator has a pleasant tone and cadence, but I'm not sure I'd seek him out again on purpose. Overall, a very enjoyable and recommended listen.


Trip down memory lane

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What a lovely ride. I learned a lot that I didn’t know. Very cool read.

So great to feel like you’re in the thick of it.

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I bought this because I graduated from high school in '70 and began college- and couldn't remember a whole lot of details from that year. The author has researched it meticulously, giving quotes from members of the bands and setting political backdrops. The narrator is also very good. I have a very hard time putting it down- it is as if you have someone in your living room with you, telling you about what was going on as if he knew these people well, and remembered it perfectly. I have told several people about this book and may give it as a gift, along with some of the music. I find myself playing the songs he describes-

Fascinating information, easy to listen

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The book itself isn't fawning or sycophantic... more... nostalgic and slightly rose colored. not ignoring the troubles each of the subjects have had... but presenting them in the best possible light, and with fondness and understanding. Overall, worthwhile... but not the hard hitting scandal machines of a Bart or Guber book.

More elegy than biography, but not hagiography

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