Ah well I've heard of the Dubliners but the younger lads playing along are called the Pogues who are famous for mixing Celtic and Punk? That's something to get my head around! Hahaha!
How's the teeth on Shane MacGowan? Bloody horrendous! I've just looked him up on Wikipedia and it says he has no natural teeth left and has false teeth now - I assume that's from drug use?
Hehe that was Shane in his prime sometime in the 1980s...even at his best he had the teeth of a goblin .Id say it was as much heavy smoking and drinking as it was anything else. He became addicted to heroin when they threw him out of the band but I believe that was in the early 1990s.
There is a pretty fascinating documentary about his life that came out in 2020 called Crock of Gold - A few rounds with Shane MacGowan. Johnny Depp was the producer or executive producer I believe .
Shanes technically one of if not the most successful musicians of all time in terms of royalties. He earns around £350,000 a year from Fairytale of New York.
I'm surprized he's still alive.
You can find Crock of Gold here, its best watched with a few good whiskies :).
https://www1.freemoviesfull.com/watch-movie/watch-crock-of-gold-a-few-rounds-with-shane-macgowan-66690.5507383