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For the last episode of the year, I got the chance to drive up to Northridge, California, and have a conversation with Dave Grohl. We talked about the Foo Fighters song \u201cThe Teacher,\u201d which is an epic, 10-minute-long song. Dave told me it\u2019s the most important piece of music he\u2019s ever written, because it\u2019s dedicated to his mother, Virginia, who passed away in 2022.

Dave Grohl started Foo Fighters in 1994, after Nirvana ended. This year, Foo Fighters set a record for having the most Top 10 hits on the Billboard Mainstream Rock charts. They\u2019ve won 15 Grammy awards, including winning the Grammy for Best Rock album five times \u2014 more than anyone else.

\u201cThe Teacher\u201d is from their 11th album, But Here We Are, which came out in June 2023. I sat with Dave in the Foo Fighters practice space, and he told me the whole story of the song. Coming up, you\u2019ll hear the two voice memos he originally recorded on acoustic guitar, plus the two demos he made on his way to figuring the song out.

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