Premiere: Rubber Tramp says “So Long,” once again, on ‘Desert Tramp’
(photo: Ben Einstein) Oakland's Rubber Tramp return with their second EP — a genuine rock and roll affair called Desert Tramp, and a record release party this Friday at Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco. Zak Mandel-Romann, formerly of Tumbleweed Wanderers, has put together a supergroup consisting of Vandella's Tracey Holland, and (among others) former Tumbleweeds that now play in Con Brio and King Dream. All together they make hearty, brazen rock songs filled with big jangling guitars, swirling organs, and much, much more. So Long Blues, the title track on the first Tumbleweed Wanderers album, resurfaces on Desert [...]