Peter Harper was born in Britain, but grew up in Perth in western Australia. Drawn to music, he started out in brass bands, playing both the trumpet and the euphonium, but soon fell in love with the blues harmonica, and the course of his future career was set. After moving to Melbourne, he began releasing a series of harmonica-based albums that also featured his soulful vocals and solid songwriting. Tears of Ice came first in 1994, followed by Yesterday Is Over in 1996 and Live at the Soup Kitchen in 1997. Harper's next three albums -- Glass on the Stepping Stone (2000), Live ...