When Shane MacGowan died last year, it felt like the passing of a head of state... MacGowan's widow and others waltzed near the altar-it's a fair bet many of those present... were blinking back tears.
Why such reverence? For one thing, MacGowan and the Pogues made Irish roots music cool... Some American country artists appreciated the Irish influence on, and dialogue with, their own music.
As punk bubbled up at CBGB and Max's in the Irish diaspora of New York City, you could still hear the '60s folk-revival sounds... in countless venues.
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