From left are KVPI General Manager Mark Layne, Heritage Manor activity director and Rotarian Pat Duplechin, and Rotary President Bob Manuel. (Ville Platte Gazette photo by Tony Marks)
What do alligators, big blue diamonds, and red wine have in common?
They are all subjects of songs from a musical genre known as Swamp Pop that defined a generation in South Louisiana.
Mark Layne, the general manager of KVPI in Ville Platte, presented a history of the music at Tuesday’s (Feb. 18) meeting of the Rotary Club of Ville Platte.
Layne shared that he had a moment similar to Saul of Ta…
