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Shake off bad-day blues

You've had another one of those terrible, horrible, no good, very bad days.

You know the sort -- nothing goes right and everything goes wrong. All you want is to retreat to your bedroom with pajamas and a teddy bear, scarf down a pint of Ben & Jerry's, and not emerge for days.

Before you take the lid off that ice cream, though, stop and consider. Will consuming 60 grams of fat and becoming a social recluse really make you feel better? Most likely not. There are alternatives, however, to help you shake off those bad-day blues.

Harper, a single-name bluesman from Australia, performs Wednesday at the Wine Cellar in Ogden.

Australian bluesman returns to Cellar with didgeridoo, harmonica

When you think of blues music, what instrument comes to mind? Ripping guitars? Wailing harmonicas?

How about the didgeridoo?

Harper, a single-name bluesman from Australia, plays the didgeridoo on a number of his tunes. But as his name might hint, he is also a harmonica player of some renown, as well as a powerful vocalist and successful songwriter.

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