IT IS NEVER TOO LATE

Bent and I produced a CD in 2012

	Title	Lyrics by	Composed by	Song by
1	It’s Never Too Late	Bent &Vibeke	Bent &Vibeke	Bent Lindhardt and Britta Neilson
2	Walking With You	Bent	Bent	Nina Hart
3	Charity	Bent &Vibeke	Bent	Anne Garfield
4	Memories of Home	Bent	Bent	Bent Lindhardt
5	Old Fashion Blues	Bent	Bent	Bent Lindhardt
6	Toquerville	Bent	Bent	Bent Lindhardt
7	Eternal Spring	Bent&Vibeke	Bent	Nina Hart
8	Natures Healing	Bent	Bent	Leif Lindhardt
9	A Trip To The Ocean	Bent	Bent	Bent Lindhardt
10	It’s Only	Vibeke	Bent	Britta, Anne, Nina and Bent
11	Memories of Hawaii	Vibeke	Vibeke	Britta Lindhardt

RECORDING

John Houston’s recording studio, Hurricane, Utah, USA

TRANSLATION of Bent’s songs 

We have made two translations for Bent’s songs – from Danish to English. 

1.      Direct translation of the Danish words.

2.      For easier singing ability.

Most of the times the direct translation does not work so it rhymes, so Bent has gave Vibeke more free hands with the second translation so the song still is "sing able"

In some of the cases Vibeke has written additional verses such as in "Eternal Spring" and "Charity".

Title	Lyrics	Music	English	Danish
It’s Never Too Late	Bent &Vibeke	Bent &Vibeke	yes	no
Walking With You	Bent	Bent	yes	yes
Charity	Bent &Vibeke	Bent	Yes	Verse 1-2
Memories of Home	Bent	Bent	Yes	yes
Old Fashion Blues	Bent	Bent	yes	Verse 1
Toquerville	Bent	Bent	Yes	no
Eternal Spring	Bent &Vibeke	Bent	Yes	Verse 1
Natures Healing	Bent	Bent	Yes	yes
A Trip To The Ocean	Bent	Bent	yes	yes
It’s Only	Vibeke	Bent	Yes	no
Memories of Hawaii	Vibeke	Vibeke	Yes	no

SONGS ON CD NUMBER ONE

1. IT IS NEVER TOO LATE

There is a personal story behind this song: Vibeke and Bent are both were both in their mid seventies when they met. Well, they knew each other 50 years ago I Denmark, but both were married at time.  When they connected early 2011 they had both been through divorce and family problems, and given up any hope of finding a life companion, thinking it was too late to start over again. They both felt we were too old to start over again.

Bent says: We met each other in a miraculous way and we experienced that “It is never too late to fall in love.” After Vibeke and I had been married for six months, I was sitting one early morning in my car - while I was driving and doing my job in Zion National Park - and got inspiration for the music and text to the refrain for  "It Is Never Too Late". When I came home from work, I told Vibeke that it was the beginning of a song about us.  I then told her that I would finish it later that day after I had had a nap. When I woke up, Vibeke had finished text and music to the three verses.

It was the first time for us, but NOT the last, to compose and write music together. The song was the first song we recorded with John Houston’s recording studio in Hurricane, Utah.

I am singing this song with my daughter Britta Neilson.

Vibeke and I would like  to dedicate this song to all single adults, to give them hope of finding a spouse.  We want to tell them how happy Vibeke and I are that we found our soul mate and telling them IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO FALL IN LOVE.   Bent 

2. WALKING WITH YOU

This song was written originally in Denmark in 1964 as a result of marriage problems. Birthe often talked about wanting a divorce which Bent was against since he felt they would regret it. The song is recorded with Bent’s daughter Nina Hart.  Bent is playing the accordion.  John Houston is playing bass, guitar, mandolin and drum

3. CHARITY

This song Bent composed and wrote the lyrics to in 1963 after he joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.  It is song by Anne Garfield – Bent’s daughter and Bent.  Bent is playing accordion and John Houston on bass, guitar and drum.

4. MEMORIES OF HOME

This song was composed by Bent in 1952 when Bent was 18 years old. The text is devoted to his parents that he missed when he was sailing.  Bent is playing the accordion and singing. John Houston is playing ??????????????

5. JUST AN OLD FASHION BLUEs

This song is the first tune Bent ever wrote when he was 14 years old 1948 and which was originally called SPRINGTIME BLUES.  At that time he really liked jazz music and often listened to Louis Armstrong and other jazz players. There was no text for this peace but some of Bent’s daughters asked him to write a text, so in 2012 he wrote the text and changed the title to JUST AND OLD FASHION BLUES  Bent is playing accordion. The song was recorded with Bent singing and playing the accordion.  John Houston played bass, guitar mandolin, drum and piano.

6. TOQUERVILLE

The first song Bent recorded in January 2012 was a song Bent wrote for the Toquerville 150 Jubilee in 2009.  It is recorded with John Houston playing bass, guitar, banjo and piano and drums.  The song is under consideration of the Toquerville city council to be designated as “The Toquerville official song”.

7.ETERNAL SPRING  The first verse was written and composed 1962 as a celebration of spring which is Bent’s favourite season of the year. The second verse was written 2012 by Vibeke.  Recorded with Nina Hart.  Background music: Bent accordion. Pianom bass guitar and drum by John Houston.

8. NATURES HEALING was written and composed by Bent in 1962.  He would often walk down to the harbor when he was in a bad mood and it always lifted his spirit.

9. A TRIP TO THE OCEAN is composed and written in 1963.  Many small and bigger things can put us in a bad mood, but if we get out in nature it can help us to get in a better frame of mind.

10. IT’S ONLY

This song is composed 2012 by Bent and the lyrics written by Vibeke Lindhardt. The song is record with Nina, Anne and Britta – Bent’s daughter and Bent singing.

Background music by John Houston.

11. MEMORIES OF HAWAII

This is the first recorded song of Vibeke’s. She composed the music and wrote the lyrics 2012. Vibeke lived once on Hawaii for one year from 1982-1983 where she was taking care of some holiday condominiums on Laie Beach on Oahu.