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"If Only" (In memory 9/11) was written following broadcast of a TV documentary entitled "Voices of The Towers." Families and lovers, the bereaved described how important these last farewell messages from loved-ones trapped inside the towers were, and what they meant to them. The song was composed from such messages, the story of a farewell to a lover received after the collapse and found later on a telephone answering machine. When asked if I feel it is "appropriate to write such a heart rendering song out of such horrific circumstance" I can answer only this: What these people went through must not be forgotten, nor must their own stories. If the families of victims fins solace in hearing, keeping and treasuring such final voices, then that itself is enough.

If Only was originally released in 2010 on the album "And All the Kings Horses, AKA BLINK." Its first public radio broadcast was later, during a BBC Radio interview with Steve, BBC radio Leeds, UK - On the day of the 10th anniversary of 9/11. You can hear this broadcast via this link: http://youtu.be/CUZ8yBvbCf8

Following the opening of the 9/11 Memorial Museum, a new video has been commissioned and will feature the names of all whom died. It will be available soon. You may download the song "If Only" FREE here: http://soundcloud.com/jonathantaylorbulgaria/if-only-in-memory-9-11

The song was re-mastered during 2013 and now features Canadian violinist, David Copeland. It awaits further public release on my new CD, "Elephant in Chains" later this year.