Rolling Stone contributing editor David Browne chronicles how The Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, James Taylor and CSNY and the albums they released in 1970 reflected a year of incredible transition, from what the 60s were to what the 70s would become.

Named one of the top ten music books for Spring 2011 by Publishers Weekly, Fire and Rain is a "vivid freeze-frame of Hall of Fame musicians, some of whom would go on to make fine records, none ever again as central to our culture." (Kirkus Reviews)

David Browne is the author of Goodbye 20th Century, a biography of the pioneering alternative band Sonic Youth; Dream Brother, a dual biography of musicians Jeff and Tim Buckley; and Amped, a history of extreme sports. He has written for The New York Times, New York, Time and Spin among many others.