10 Times Dave Grohl Was An Absolute Legend

2. Reaching Out To The Beaconsfield Miners

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQNJQpi3oLo In early 2006, a mine collapsed in Beaconsfield, Tasmania, Australia, killing one miner and leaving two others trapped for 14 days. On the 9th day, one of the two men, Brant Webb, requested an mp3 player with Foo Fighters' back catalogue on it, which was delivered to him with food and water packages. When Dave Grohl heard about the news, he sent a fax along to the miners, saying, "Though I'm halfway around the world right now, my heart is with you both, and I want you to know that when you come home, there's two tickets to any Foos show, anywhere, and two cold beers waiting for you. Deal?" Webb eventually took him up on his kind offer, and had drinks with Grohl after the Foo's acoustic performance at the Sydney Opera House in October of that year. Grohl told Triple J radio at the time, "I'm not just having one beer with those dudes, we're going for it!" The setlist that night featured a song that Grohl had written specifically for the event, called 'The Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners', which eventually ended up on the following album, 2007's 'Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace'.