His Voice • His Guitar • His Songs
Brian's Original Music
Six surviving recordings preserve Brian Allen Crawford not simply as someone who loved music, but as someone who created music of his own.
This page is the dedicated listening archive for those recordings. The songs are presented in their surviving audio form alongside the individual artwork developed for the Memorial archive.
The Original Music Archive
Listen to Brian's Recordings
Select any track below. Starting another song automatically pauses the one currently playing.
TRACK 01
Something New
Original recording by Brian.
TRACK 02
Nothing Can Change Us
Original recording by Brian.
TRACK 03
This Love
Original recording by Brian.
TRACK 04
Cayla's Song
Written for Brian's girlfriend at the time.
TRACK 05
Valentine for Mom
Written by Brian and given to his mother for Valentine's Day.
TRACK 06
With You Again
Original recording by Brian.
The Surviving Collection
Six Recordings, Preserved Together
The archive currently presents six recordings associated with Brian's original music.
The collection includes Something New, Nothing Can Change Us, This Love, Cayla's Song, Valentine for Mom and With You Again.
Where additional context is documented, it is retained with the track. Cayla's Song is identified in the existing archive as written for Brian's girlfriend at the time, while Valentine for Mom is identified as a song Brian wrote and gave to his mother for Valentine's Day.
These are not modern recreations of Brian's music. The audio players use the surviving recordings preserved by the Memorial.
Digital Music Archive
Preserving the Recordings
Digital preservation allows Brian's songs to remain accessible alongside the photographs, documents and oral histories that tell the rest of his story.
This page focuses on the recordings themselves. Brian's broader musical story—Prague High School band, baritone, guitar and the place music held in his life—is preserved separately on the Brian the Musician page. His surviving outgoing phone message is preserved on Hear Brian's Voice.
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More of Brian's Story
The music archive is one part of a larger record of Brian's life as a son, friend, athlete and musician.