Andrew McGowan

Keisuke Kishi: Midpoint Cafe

by Dan McClenaghan
April 15, 2024

Did drummer Keisuke Kishi, on a continent-spanning road trip, “get his kicks on route 66?" Possibly, though he--as anyone making the journey for the first time would--certainly had his eyes opened to wide-open spaces, stark, flat landscapes and pale blue skies. Bobby Troup wrote an R&B song in 1946 called “(Get You Kicks On) Route 66." Nate King Cole covered it, as did the Rolling Stones. Troup's lyrics say: “Now it goes through St. Looey, Joplin, ...