Fire and Rain - Fire and Rain

What this video is

"Fire and Rain" is one of the most documented artifacts of the American singer-songwriter movement. Originally released in August 1970 as the second single from James Taylor's Sweet Baby James on Warner Bros. Records, the song peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 and became Taylor's first top ten hit. It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998 and ranked as high as number 146 on Rolling Stone's…

Why it matters

A canonical example of the American folk-rock / soft-rock singer-songwriter tradition. The song's sparse acoustic arrangement, confessional lyrical mode, and introspective tone established aesthetic benchmarks that shaped the entire soft-rock genre of the 1970s and influenced performers across…

The director

Milton Lage is credited as the director of James Taylor: Pull Over (2003), a concert video release on IMDB (tt1727796) that includes 'Fire and Rain' in its setlist. No additional verified directorial credits for standalone James Taylor music videos have been…