A Drink for Shane MacGowan
Since the late 80s, “Poguetry - The Lyrics of Shane MacGown” has been my most beloved roadmap for songwriting.
Shane found beauty where most were not willing to look.
And then he expressed it with a raw honesty and scrappy sincerity few will ever match.
For now, I’ll just read his words again and let the melodies bounce around my head like magnificent dirges.
And of course, I’ll raise a Guinness to my favourite songwriter, one of the greatest of our time.