Host Nate Wilcox welcomes back Tony Fletcher, author of “⁠All Hopped Up and Ready to Go: Music from the Streets of New York, 1927-77⁠,” to discuss the mambo explosion that kept New York City dancing from the 1930s to the 1950s and influenced both jazz and rock & roll.This episode originally dropped in 2023.CHECK OUT THE LET IT ROLL WEB SITE -- We've got all 350+ episodes listed, organized by mini-series, genre, era, co-host, guest and more. Please sign up for the email list on the site and get music essays from Nate as well as (eventually) transcriptions of every episode. Also if you can afford it please consider becoming a paid subscriber to support the show. Thanks!Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email [email protected]Follow us on Twitter.Follow us on Facebook.Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices