Summary of David Browne's Fire and Rain

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

Sample Book Insights:

#1 The creation of their fifth album stretched back to January 1969, when the duo went to Nashville to record one of Simon’s new songs. The track incorporated a pedal steel guitar and a harmonica, and it was recorded at a chapel at Columbia University.

#2 The song, as it was first called, was no painless undertaking. It was understated and gentle, and Simon sang it as if he were back in the British folk clubs he’d played earlier in the decade.

#3 The two songwriters had been friends and competitors for as long as anyone could remember. They had met during a sixth-grade production of Alice in Wonderland.

#4 The brothers were already drawn to each other because they both loved music. They began singing songs together, and when they were learning the Everly Brothers’ Hey Doll Baby in a Manhattan studio, they accidentally came up with their own song, Hey, Schoolgirl.