What should go on forever sometimes doesn’t. The Foret Tradition, originally founded by then-teenage brothers Ryan and Brandon a decade ago, became Ryan Foret and the Foret Tradition when Brandon amicably departed awhile back. When Ryan finally got things stabilized, the result was the swamp pop quintet’s best disc yet. The reorganized Tradition includes trumpeter James Spell and venerable swamp pop saxophonist Jason Parfait, who pack plenty of punch in their ability to pop, charge and swoon majestically.

Every song’s a cover, but the smartly picked selections run the gamut from Jerry Lee Lewis to Conway Twitty to Otis Redding to Johnnie Allan and Lee Dorsey, so much so that the album is practically a regional jukebox. Other than the inane Bobby Womack hit “Harry Hippie,” every tune proves to be a solid choice, not to mention being flawlessly executed.

Three tracks are monsters, starting with Elvin Bishop’s 1976 hit “Fooled Around and Fell in Love.” Though Foret can’t match the sky-high tenor of the song’s vocalist Mickey Thomas, the feeling, intro guitar hook and glowing background vocals seem perfect. TK Hulin’s “Alligator Bayou” is nothing less than a torrid soul stomp, while their interpretation of Danny Collet’s tuneful, heart-melting “It Wasn’t Supposed to Happen” won’t find anyone screaming for the swamp cat original.

For any band recording non-original music, the acid test comes if they can take these songs and make them their own. That they do; Foret’s vocals are compelling enough to have you believe that he wrote many of the tunes heard here, provided you’re unfamiliar with the original versions. Like an unbroken chain, the Tradition continues.