Hay kept the barn dance format for WSM, and sought rural musicians from the Nashville area to play on the program.

Their chronological togetherness argues for playing them on the same program, and yet the three are very different.

Tour Stops were not broadcast on the radio, but Rome typically played clips from the activities and guests on the next regular program.

The Thompsons, who are cousins, played the rarest strand of American music on the program.

Many German compositions were played for the first time in America on the program.

If a listener's request is played on the program, (s)he receives a gift package (generally, a T-shirt and a copy of that particular show).

In many ways the most interesting and best played work on the program was the Smetana Piano Trio (Op.

Also, along the line of music, "Mr. Paul" Storm sang in 1940's programs, and played guitar on the program starting in the 1960s.

Coincidentally, the final two episodes Priestly was to play in on the program (written before his death) also involved much tragedy and sadness.

The games below were the games most commonly played on the program.