The Hawketts has been played on NTS shows including My Ever Changing Moods w/ DJ Lance Rock, with Mardi Gras Mambo first played on 13 February 2018.

"Mardi Gras Mambo" is a Mardi Gras-themed song written by Frankie Adams and Lou Welsch. The song's best known version was recorded in 1954 by the Hawketts, whose membership included Art Neville, a founding member of the Meters and the Neville Brothers. It is one of the iconic songs frequently played during the New Orleans Mardi Gras. Single B-side: "Your Time's Up".

The original version of the song was written in 1953 by Frankie Adams and Lou Welsch as…