Virtually everybody who comes to Wayne's plays or sings, and everybody gets a chance to do their song as they wish. That is the first of all the rules.
Unlike a lot of country, bluegrass, or old-time jams, at Wayne's there is absolutely no attempt made to isolate the novices, the incompetents, the eccentrics, or the showboats from the regulars and the talented. There is no hierarchy and no exclusion—whatever you chose the band will back it up.
For the most part, the songs come from the common musical legacy of those who came to the music in the 1930s through the 60s in the rural South: classic Carter Family, Bill Monroe, Stanley Brothers, or Hank Williams songs mixed in with some from the likes of Carl Smith or Ernest Tubb.
