Sharon Fontenot is pictured as she points out the 13 Swamp Pop records which were Billboard and Cashbox chart hits of the 1950s and 1960s. By comparison, Cajun music had two songs to hit the charts, while Zydeco had one song to make the charts. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)
By: TONY MARKS
Editor
The train does not pass along the track in Ville Platte much anymore, but a relocated depot still rests along the track. Few items of the depot’s original past remain, such as the two ticket windows inside. The depot’s main purpose is to house artifacts from a genre of music known as Swamp Pop, and it is now known as the Louisiana Swamp Pop Museum.
Serving as the museum’…
