Lake Martin Magazine

Onstage at the Red Hill schoolhouse, a guitarist plays the first chords of “Elvira,” and couples get up to dance, stepping and spinning to the steady beat of the song.

It is Friday night in Red Hill, and the old schoolhouse is packed with people listening to the Red Hill Rendition band play country, gospel and oldies for Lake Martin residents and visitors.

Lake Martin’s gone country.

Alan Jackson’s minor tweak to the lyrics of “Gone Country” couldn’t have been more accurate.