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"Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners" is a song by the Foo Fighters from their 2007 album Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace. The song is an instrumental piece composed by Dave Grohl and is the only instrumental piece on the album. It is composed solely of acoustic guitar tracks, by Dave Grohl and Kaki King, who makes a special appearance in the song.
Dave Grohl composed it as a tribute to two miners from the Beaconsfield mine collapse, who asked for an iPod with Foo Fighters songs to listen to while waiting for rescue. The song was played live for the first time in October 4, 2006 at Sydney Opera House. One of the two surviving miners attended the gig and joined Grohl for a beer afterwards, as promised by Grohl himself.
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