Stone

Prompt #51 by Whiskey Myers

Thanks to everyone who read, liked, shared, and submitted to last week's prompt For What It's Worth, by Buffalo Springfield!

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Week #50 Feature🏆

This week’s Feature Award goes to Marty D. Snow, for his short story titled, There’s Something Happening Here. Marty did a masterful job with this one — the hook, the build up, and the collision were intense!

For What It’s Worth, a protest anthem written by Stephen Stills and recorded by Buffalo Springfield in 1966. There’s something happening here.

Last night was calm and relatively quiet.

Plenty of people milling around,

but nothing to indicate what was on the horizon.

Not even a hint of what was to come…

There's Something Happening Here

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Here’s this week’s prompt, Stone, by Whiskey Myers!

“Stone” is a standout ballad by the East Texas southern rock band Whiskey Myers, written by frontman Cody Cannon. It is the fifth track from Whiskey Myers’ third studio album, Mud, produced by Dave Cobb.

“Stone” is decidedly more mellow than many of the band’s hard-rocking tracks. It’s a musician’s lament of sorts, shining a light on the less-than-glamorous aspects of being out on the road — especially the struggle of trying to find a good woman.

“Well, I guess I got my bottle / Because I stay on it all the time / But it keeps me smiling and singing / Helps me fall asleep a li’l bit better at night,” sings Cannon in the second verse of “Stone.”

“They say life is like a dagger / And backstage is full of parasites / They’ll love you, drain you of everything you own / Just to feel better about their lives.”

The record maintains the band’s signature, Southern rock- and classic rock-influenced sound and is heavily spiked with the edge that has earned Whiskey Myers so much attention from fans and critics alike. (Via The Boot)

“Stone” has become one of the band’s biggest and most enduring songs. Its popularity surged further after Whiskey Myers appeared in multiple episodes of the TV series Yellowstone in 2018. An official audio and a widely viewed acoustic version exist, and it remains a major live favorite—recent performances (such as at Stagecoach 2025) continue to draw strong crowd reactions.

Calling all Poets, Fiction, & Non-Fiction writers that love music — Share your prose of 1500 words or less, using the prompt, Stone.

Remember:

• Each Tuesday I’ll publish a newsletter with that week’s song prompt — along with a featured writer’s submission from the previous week.

• Anyone is then free to run with it! Just add the link to your story or prose in the comments of this newsletter.

• Subscribers to Stories from the Jukebox, also have a chance to be featured in the following week’s newsletter. And I’ll do my best to give feedback and restack each submission.

There’s always rules:

1. All forms of prose are welcome, just keep it under 1500 words.

2. Submissions must be published by midnight on Monday August 17th, 2026. (this newsletter is sent to subscribers at midnight)

3. Submissions must include a tag/link to this week’s Song Prompt Newsletter embedded within the post.

While anyone is welcome to add their post in the comments at any time — all rules must be followed for a post to be eligible to be featured or shared.

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Here’s my Headliner for this week’s song prompt, Stone. I originally wrote and published, What’s In A Song? on my website’s blog back in 2024. Then again, when I moved my blog to Substack.

This essay was the original inspiration for this publication, Stories from the Jukebox. So it's only fitting that I share it with you on the one year anniversary of the first Stories from the Jukebox prompt.

Here’s our Headliner, by MJ Polk!

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