How to Move a Piano

About the Artist
Puritan is the musical domain of guitar player/singer/songwriter, David Hamma. Formerly a member of Los Angeles psychedelic pop misfits, The Burning Sofa No. 10 and The Burning Softies, Hamma began releasing cassettes such as EP; daggers, early; and Tea Party under the Puritan moniker in 1995 while still a member of The Burning Sofa No. 10. Sagittarius (Skinny Chest), a collection of songs from 1994 which first appeared on cassette and some of which appeared on a Burning Sofa No. 10 7 (Krown Pocket), was released as a full length CD in 1998.

From 1996 to 1998, Puritan took a backseat while the Sofa (soon to be rechristened The Burning Softies) devoted themselves to what would become The Curtain Drawn and The Curtain Parted CDs. With those records nearly finished, Hamma and Burning Softies drummer Lindsay Glover started working on some new songs and soon they were back with Ed Smith, another Softies member, in his Lufthansa Garden studio, recording what would eventually become Puritan's How To Move A Piano (Elsinor).

Puritan has performed both solo and as a group with a revolving lineup, at times including fellow Burning Softies, Smith and Glover (who's now playing drums for Wiskey Biscuit) as well as Heidi Nelms (Hinterlander), Jerry Zinn (Le Pepes) and Chris Kidd (Happy Apples, Okra).

Since relocating to Maui in 1999, Puritan shows have been even scarcer than before but that has begun to change of late. In 2003, Puritan played some well-received shows in an expanded seven-piece lineup, including Come Sit By The Lake Tonight (Skinny Chest) co-producer Will Moore.

Currently, the band is in a state of flux once more as one member has moved back to her homeland of Japan. The rest of the group remain, however, and Puritan, in one configuration or another, will definitely be playing more local shows this year to support the release of the Come Sit By The Lake Tonight CD.

While there are no firm tour plans as of yet, Puritan will most likely make it to the west coast later this year.

Product Description
With How to Move a Piano, Puritan has concocted an album whose lyrics form a pharmacist's indication to take three times daily, thirty minutes after a meal.

Original release date: October 19, 1999.

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Come on and Hear Manufacturer: Original Cast Record ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Tin Pan Alley | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Traditional & Vocal Pop | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00004RD4V Release Date: 2000-01-01

Tracks:

1. Everybody's Doing It Now
2. That's How I Love You
3. When The Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves For Alabam'
4. Move Over
5. Simple Melody
6. At The Devil's Ball (First Version)
7. At The Devil's Ball (Final Version)
8. The Girl On The Magazine Cover
9. Alexander's Ragtime Band
10. When It Rains, Sweetheart, When It Rains
11. Settle Down In A One Horse Town
12. Ragtime Violin/That Mysterious Rag/The International Rag
13. If All The Girls I Knew Were Like You
14. Stop! Look! Listen!
15. I Want To Go Back To Michigan (Down On The Farm)
16. That Mesmerizing Mendelssohn Tune
17. Ragtime Soldier Man
18. The Apple Tree And The Bumble Bee
19. Spring And Fall
20. I Love A Piano
21. They've Got Me Doing It Now

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How to Move a Piano Puritan Manufacturer: The Orchard ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0001JXPWA Release Date: 2004-02-17

Tracks:

1. No Gentlemen
2. Fate Maps
3. The Captives
4. False Things
5. The River Guest
6. Can I Shimmy?
7. The Cove
8. The Waves
9. Nature Fiends
10. How to Move a Piano

Album Description

With How to Move a Piano, Puritan has concocted an album whose lyrics form a pharmacist's indication to take three times daily, thirty minutes after a meal.

Original release date: October 19, 1999.

Average customer rating:

How To Move A Piano Puritan Manufacturer: Orchard ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Rock | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005LK5H Release Date: 1999-09-12

Tracks:

1. No Gentlemen
2. Fate Maps
3. The Captives
4. False Things
5. The River Guest
6. Can I Shimmy?
7. The Cove
8. The Waves
9. Nature Fiends
10. How To Move A Piano

Album Description

About the Label: Elsinor Records is home to some of Seattle's and Bellingham's finest indie pop, including The Revolutionary Hydra, Death Cab For Cutie, Leisure World, and Rat Cat Hogan. Started out as a cassette label in early 90s, then began releasing 7"s and CDs by such acts as Virginia Creeper and Microphones. Elsinor is the brainchild of two of the three main members of The Revolutionary Hydra, Jay and Joe Chilcote.

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