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Marty said, "Ghost Train Four-Oh Ten, Apostle. Well, in the words of my pal Buck Trent, you never know. You never know on that ole Ghost Train Four-Oh-Ten. Mr. Spivey, good to see you again." Joe said, "Bless your heart." Marty continued, "Must mean one thing. One of my favorites of all time is here. A true modern master when it comes to country music. The great John Anderson. Make ole John feel welcome. Good to see ya, pal. Help yourself. Help yourself." John performed "Wild And Blue."
Marty said, "Yeah, two, three, four." Marty and The Fabulous Superlatives performed "Hollywood Boogie."
Marty: "All right. What's on your mind today, pal?" Leroy: "Hey I'm in a fightin' mood." Marty: "Whatcha mad at?" Leroy: "Well, not really. But I am gonna cut a monkey shiner " Marty: "That'll be good." Leroy: "This is a good ole toe-tappin' fiddle tune and I'm sorry, I'm doin' it not as a fiddle tune today, Joe. One called 'Bully Of The Town'." Marty: "There it is. That's right."
Marty said, "There it is. Thank you, music lovers." Marty walked over to The Superlatives. Marty said, "Handsome Harry." Harry said, "Yes, sir, Marty. All right." Marty continued, "Handsome Harry." Harry said, "Yes." Marty said, "Would you sing us the song from the New Testament that brings it right down the line." Harry said, "Well, yes I'd be happy to." Marty said, "All right." Harry said, "Friends and neighbors, it goes like this." Marty and His Fabulous Superlatives performed "Who Is This Man."
Marty said, "Hey John." John said, "Thank you, sir." Marty said, "Pleasure watching you right there. The great John Anderson. Joe Spivey, Leroy Troy, The Fabulous Superlatives. Connie Smith, Eddie Stubbs and Gary Carter. On behalf of every one of them, I'm Marty Stuart sayin' 'thank you for comin'. Stay with John Anderson and everything will be all right."
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Eddie Stubbs started the show by introducing the guests. "From Nashville, Tennessee, the country music capital of the world and home of the air castle of the south, it's time for The Marty Stuart Show, featuring Marty Stuart, the Rolls Royce of country singers Miss Connie Smith, the ole Tennessee Slicker Leroy Troy, along with all the Fabulous Superlatives: Cousin Kenny Vaughan, Handsome Harry Stinson, the Apostle Paul Martin, plus Gary Carter on the steel guitar, and today's special guest, John Anderson with Joe Spivey. Join us now for 30 minutes of fun and great country music. I'm Eddie Stubbs. Now how 'bout a superlative welcome for our host, the Mississippi swingin' and swayin' man himself. Here is Marty Stuart." Marty said, "Thank you, Mr. Stubbs. Here comes 'Ghost Train Four-Oh-Ten." 
John said, "Thank you very much. Thank you." Marty said, "That's how you do that right there. Thank you." After a commercial break, Marty said, "Tell me all about it. All right. Welcome back to The Marty Stuart Show. Hey, look here, Superlatives. Sittin' under Lester and Earl is John and Joe. Right under Hank. One of the finest of all time. Speakin' of the finest, here she comes. How 'bout a hand for the great Connie Smith. Come here Constance June. Aww, yeah." Connie walks out on stage and says "Thank you, honey" as Marty hands her the microphone. Marty said, "You got a standing ovation from John." Connie said, "Aww, well, bless your heart." Marty said, "Yes sir." Connie said, "Honey, I want to make a request if I could today." Marty said, "A request? Sure. Anything you want." Connie said, "Well, I wanna do this song and dedicate it to one of our friends. A master musician.in our business. He played in the Grand Ole Opry band for a hundred years. And we love him a lot. And Spider Wilson used to ask me to to do this song all the time." Marty said, "Well, let's do it." Connie continued, "And I never got around to it. This ones for you, Spider." Marty said, "For Spider, all right." Connie sang "You Crossed My Mind A Thousand Times Today."
Marty said, "Hollywood Boogie." Eddie promoted Marty's book of photographs, Country Music: The Masters. After a commercial break, Marty said, "Welcome back to The Marty Stuart Show. Now ladies and gentlemen, 195 miles south of Mr. William Faulkner's beautiful homeplace, Rowan Oak in Oxford, Mississippi, you'll find the home of another notable Mississippian in the queen city of Meridian. Superlatives?" The Superlatives answered, "Yes." Marty continued, "We must give a shout out to our dear friend, Mr. Hartley Peavey, and all the staff at Peavey Electronics." The Superlatives said, "Yeah" and "Right." Marty said, "You'll notice all the equipment on this show was handcrafted by Hartley Peavey and the folks and we love it. Anywhere you go on planet Earth, you'll find music being played through systems that sport the name Peavey. And I'm proud of Hartley Peavey. He's an American original and that's a fact. So how 'bout a Superlative thank you very much to Mr. Hartley Peavey. Yeah. Speakin' of originals, here comes one. A friend to all on the blacktop and dirt road of life, John Anderson. The Sultan of Goodlettsville. How 'bout a hand for the great Leroy Troy. Hello Leroy boy."
Leroy: "Howdy." 
After a commercial break, Eddie Stubbs promoted Harry's album, Who Is This Man, at the Superlatone Store. Eddie said, "And now back to Marty Stuart." Marty said, "Thank you, Eddie Stubbs. Ain't Eddie Stubbs a good'un, John Anderson? How 'bout a hand for Eddie Stubbs." John Anderson said, "He sure is. I guarantee ya." Marty said, "Slim. John, come here." John said, "Mr. Country," Marty said, "That's right. Speakin' of Mr. Country, I said when I introduced you, a true, modern master when it comes to country music." John said, "Aww." Marty said, "That's you." John said, "God bless you. You're too kind." Marty said, "You're a classic. You're a classic. Thank you." John interrupted, "You're one of 'em yourself." Marty said, "Well, thank you very much." John said, "You're a master yourself." Marty said, "Thank you." John said, "It's a pleasure being on your show." Marty said, "Thank you." John said, "Thank you." Marty said, "I'm a John Anderson fan myself. Whatever you've got picked out, I know I'm gonna like. Whatcha got?" John said, "A little song I wrote with my buddy, Kent Robbins, about being off away from home on the road. It's called 'I Wish I Could Have Been There'." Marty said, "Mr. John Anderson, ladies and gentlemen." John said, "Thank you."
