Jimmy Rogers learning to play guitar as Buster listens attentively.

Jimmy is gifted with a keen sense of hearing. He became exceptionally good with the guitar very quickly by listening to the radio. He wrote “Can’t Stop It”, his first song and the title to episode one in the Jimmy Rogers Chronicles out of a strong sense music was his calling.

It was Jimmy’s accentuated hearing abilities that led to the rescue of Buster. That same day Jimmy’s Father Red screamed at Jimmy “How many times have I told you. There is no God. That's just a fool's fairy-tale.”

This emotional scene in the movie finds Jimmy and family dog “Blue” running in the woods coming upon a wild Bobcat tearing at a crow. Jimmy climbed the tree, found Buster alone and took him home.

Red built Buster a home. Like a doghouse only smaller. It had a round hole big enough for Buster to come and go, but not large enough for the fox to reach in and grab Buster.

Buster was Jimmy’s constant companion. Buster even followed Jimmy to school most days and was there to greet Jimmy when the school day ended. Buster would fly along with Jimmy as he peddled his bike to his part time job at the Langford factory.

“Can’t Stop It” is inspired by true events, weaving a poignant coming-of-age story with a gripping murder mystery. At the heart of the novel is James “Jimmy” Rogers, a high school senior locked in an emotional battle to break free from his father Red Rogers’ haunting philosophy: “Life is a cruel joke, barely worth living.”

If Jimmy loses this battle, he’ll not only succumb to his father’s bleak worldview but may also take his own life. And with him would die the truth behind the mysterious deaths of his best friend David Perkins and David’s girlfriend Cathy Carlson.

What will Jimmy choose?

The story introduces Jimmy’s mentor Aaron Rizzer, better known as Professor Remember—the charismatic founder of Professor Remembers Roadhouse & Bakery Cafe.  Remembers is a place where music still flows like water through the veins of young hopefuls and seasoned pros alike.

It’s also where Jimmy’s cousin, David Perkins, created The Rhythm Kingsa band whose music and legacy continue to resonate even in the wake of tragedy.

This episode brims with raw emotion, punctuated by original songs like Deep Down Inside I Cry, written from the depths of anguish when hope feels irreparably lost.

For Jimmy, this moment arrives in a whirlwind of despair: discovering his girlfriend, Marie Scappelli in the arms of another, just after learning of David and Cathy’s deaths—and then hearing that the Langford Factory, where he has a part time job and where his father Red was fired, had burned to the ground.

In that moment, Jimmy’s father’s words echo louder than ever, is “life a cruel joke, barely worth living”?

Jimmy stands at a crossroads, wrestling with life’s ultimate decision: to embrace hope and purpose despite life’s heartbreaks or to spiral into a world of despair and meaninglessness.

Torn between the optimism of his mother, Esther Rogers, and the crushing nihilism of his father, Jimmy must decide which path to take—and whether life itself is worth fighting for.

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