Obituary: Shane MacGowan, songwriter who fused punk and traditional Irish music and shone amid his own chaos
Shane MacGowan was among the most talented song-writers of his generation, a performer with remarkable stage presence and a Rabelaisian character who based his hard-drinking lifestyle on bohemian Dublin characters like Brendan Behan and Gainor Crist the feckless anti-hero of The Ginger Man.
Source: independent.ie
