Joe O.,

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

The musical world in my head is poorly categorized, so I had not suspected I was looking for a pop song. Today, I heard someone on talk radio refer to Eric Clapton's song, "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out."

Of course, it was written by Jimmy Cox and made famous decades ago by Josh White. So classification and authorship and credit gets mishmashed in real life. It is even worse in my mind.

Perhaps one day, I will grow up and look beyond the Mudcat when I am stumped, realizing that not every song I like is a folk song. Thanks again. My pain is eased.

Roger in Baltimore