Alabama’s original drummer, Mark Herndon, returned to the stage to play “Mountain Music” with the band for the first time in over 20 years, and it sounds like he — pardon the pun — didn’t miss a beat.

Some country music history went down Saturday night at Alabama’s sold-out concert at Orion Amphitheater in Huntsville. On Alabama’s last song of the night, “Mountain Music,” singer/guitarist Randy ...