Born in England to Irish parents, Shane MacGowan, the frontman and principal songwriter for The Pogues, died of encephalitis at age 65.
The hard living MacGowan was a great, essentially creating a new type of Celtic music out of the folk music past and updating it. He was 65 years of age.
Darryl Hunt, the second bassist for the legendary Celtic folk/punk band the Pogues, has died at age 72.
The hard living Pogues' original bassist was Cait O'Roirdon. Hunt came on board with her departure in 1986. Perhaps ironically, O'Roirdon had been a vocalist in Hunt's jazz band Pride of the Cross.
Hunt was English and born in London, and played in a variety of genras. He's credited with the late Pogues hit Love You Till The End.
