OK folks. Personally I think Shane's pretty talented, that's much is obvious. I think Clinton's a mindless thug for condoning his mate's violence against anyone, let alone a pretty frail bloke, and now he's shown himself to be a complete tosspot for saying he would do likewise. Brave man, Mr Hammond! Do you always pick on such soft targets?Anyway enough of this bollox ... let's compare musical talent with musical talent. At Clinton's website there is an example of "folk terrorism" (ha bloody ha) - a rendition of "Heel-ya-hoe" - that oul' nursery rhyme my da used to "terrorise" us children to sleep with. Check it out and compare Clinton's work with Shane MacGowan's! Verdict to this thread.
(PS the file seems to be a bit corrupt, not unlike Mr Hammond himself, I didn't get very far playing it direct from his site, but I downloaded it and got to hear about 15 seconds or so. I won't be buying the album, Clint!)