The Week contest: Stick guitar

 This week’s question: Police responding to a report of an "elderly male walking with a shotgun" in rural Minnesota came upon a man listening to music and carrying a stick, which he'd been using to play air guitar. If a classic rock band were to write a song about this law enforcement encounter, what would it be titled?

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THE WINNER: “Johnny B. Woode”

Joe Ayella, Wayne, Pennsylvania

SECOND PLACE: “Rock You with a Carry Cane”

James Pearson, Anaheim, California

THIRD PLACE: “Dancing with the Bark”

Jesse Rifkin, Arlington, Virginia

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

“I Swat the Sheriff”

Laurel Rose, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

“They Called the Law but There’s No Gun"

Kenneth Burgan, Grass Valley, California

“Fret to Society”

Jake Miller, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania

“Pull the Twigger”

Danny Mann, Los Angeles, California

"Stick It to The Man"

Robin Nott, Augusta, Michigan

“He’s a Caniac”

Kevin Clark, Beaumont, California

“Unstrung Melody”

Frank Sargent, Carlisle, Massachusetts 

“Whole Lot of Fakin’ Goin’ On”

Paul Anderson, Franklin, Tennessee

“Every Little Stick He Wields Is Legal”

Ash Sharman, Fairfax, Virginia

“Stick ‘Em Up, Buttercup”

Sherri Haring, Lakeview, Ohio

“I Poked the Sheriff”

Earl Major, Laingsburg, Michigan