Miners Blues by The Smokin' Elmores

The third single from The Smokin' Elmores, this rock ballad paints a picture of what it can be like to try and juggle a FIFO mining career with a family life far away. There will not be many miners who have not experienced, in some shape or form, Miners Blues.

Drawing on first hand experience, Miners Blues is sure to resonate with any person working in mines, either past or present, and may bring sombre awareness to those who have not been closely involved with the industry.

While for some, mining careers can result in fast cars, fancy houses & elite education for their children ... for others, the money may disappear, and the job may end without warning. They may lose their connection to their family back home, and feel they've lost everything. It is a difficult work-life balance to achieve, but can be very rewarding.

"It's hard to explain how painfully rewarding it was to survive it."
- Jamie Crawford (drums)





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The Smokin' Elmores are an independent 4-piece Rock/Blues band from Tasmania, Australia.

With hard-edged blues guitar tones, fronted by a powerful female vocalist, they generally fall into the rock/blues genre. With a nod to many other styles such as country, rock'n'roll, latin, pop, and solid classic Australian rock, the term Americana is also appropriate to describe their style.