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Location: atlanta | The new Foo Fighters cd (out 9/21) features a fingerpicking duet with Dave Grohl and my daughter Kaki King. Written by Mr. Grohl, the song is titled "The Ballad of the Beaconsfield miners."
The song was inspired by two Tasmanian miners who were trapped underground for two weeks and, while awaiting rescue, requested an iPod with Foo Fighters music on it to help lift their spirits. Grohl was alerted of the situation by a staffer at the band's Australian record company and wrote a note to the two men.
"I was in tears, man," he recalls. "I said, 'Hey guys, it's Dave. You're in our thoughts and prayers. When you get out, there's two tickets and two cold beers waiting for you wherever you want to see the band.'"
Source:
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content...
Here's a link to the audio of the song:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/3679608647de99/
Needless to say, Kaki was very flattered to be asked by Mr. Grohl to do the duet which they recorded in January in Los Angeles. She used her Adamas II 1581-5 prototype for the recording.
Best to all--
Dave King
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Location: Cicero, NY | Great tune and a nice opportunity for Kaki. Hope it gets a lot of airplay for her. Congrats! |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Downloaded it.
Definitely hear those banjo rolls ala Cripple Creek. Nice tune. Doesn't sound like a foo fighter tune (to me).
Good for the foos that they recognize her.
I will no longer fight foo because of this. |
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| Very nice. Congrats! |
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Location: Utah | Pop, thanks for the link and info. That's a nice song. BTW, you should hang out here more often. |
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Location: Flushing, MI | Good for David Grohl! I've never been a fan of his, or the Foo Fighters, although I've never really checked them out. I guess I couldn't get past the Nirvana connection. Regardless, this was a great thing for him to do, and definately from the heart.
And Kaki, she's just all around great! I always wish her the best of luck in whatever she's doing. She deserves it! I hope this becomes a major career boost for her.
So were there any Ovations being played on that track? |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Thanks for the heads up Dave...Very nice!...I can defiantly hear the 1581... |
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Location: atlanta | Hate to bump the thread, but she got a nice write-up today in Billboard and the Grohl tune is mentioned:
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content...
Best--
Dave King
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Location: Flushing, MI | Thanks for lettin' us know! I don't think we could be any prouder if she was our own daughter! Give her a big ol' hug and tell her it's from all of us here at OFC!
Go Kaki go! |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | I`ve been a Big Fan of Kaki ever since..that tour with M J ,
Vic
..She`s a true VIRTUOSO by all means.. :) |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Kaki toured with Michael Jackson ???
Btw, there was a headline on cnn.com today. Said "Jackson Accuses Obama Of Being Too White". I was disappointed to find out it was Jesse, not Whack-o.
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Dave,
Aside from playing (and hand doublin') ... has Kaki been approached to score a movie soundtrack?
I think she'd be great in this venue... |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | Dave,
I confused Kaki with Jennifer Batten,it was a moosie overhere that lend me 2 cd`s ,one with Kaki ,and one with Jennifer Batten,he mentioned "her" having been on tour with MJ,..sorry about the mix-up .
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Location: DC Metro | I saw her a few years ago and she really blew everybody in the room away. Out of this world.
Big Grohl fan here too, so that track is definitely getting downloaded! |
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Location: GA USA | Thanks for the info, Dave. I dl'd it as well. I agree with Trag, that she's one of ours. Whenever she pops up it's cool to say, "y'know, her dad's a friend of mine..."
Let me know if you want to send one of you-know-who's guitars to the Orlando 10/27 jam. I could make room for it.
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Location: NJ | grohl is so 90's |
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Location: NJ | He's just so . . . . "Sept.10th" . . . |
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Dave Grohl and Kaki King