At the corner of East Grolee and North Oak―in a historic, tree-lined neighborhood that Gregg Martinez jokingly refers to as Opelousas’ Garden District―stands a white, wood-frame 1903 Colonial house surrounded by a wrought-iron fence and picturesque palm trees. It was once owned by ’70s LSU football star and noted author John Ed Bradley. These days, its owner is Gregg Martinez (pronounced Mart-tin-ez), one of the most powerful, knock-the-paint-off vocalists that Southwest Louisiana has ever pr...