Clay Eals interviewed by the Daily Herald

After another World Series disappointment, Chicago Cubs fans are becoming impatient with Steve Goodman's "Go, Cubs, Go" song.

So, is "Go, Cubs, Go" tainted? asks Herald Columnist Burt Constable.

"No way," says Clay Eals, the author who wrote "Steve Goodman: Facing the Music," the definitive biography on the talented singer/songwriter. "It's a song of eternal optimism, like an ancient frieze painted on an urn. And we all need hope to survive."

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