Stutterin’ Jimmy & the Goosebumps

Stutterin’ Jimmy & the Goosebumps - Blues

2025 • 907 Thompson Avenue
1:30 to 2:30pm

Jimmy Enos has coped with a debilitating stutter since the age of five. As a child, he found his love for music in his church’s Sunday School program, but was too self-conscious of his speech impediment to participate in its musical activities. His first opportunity to express himself musically was during a performance with his school choir at age 11. He describes the experience as a “spiritual awakening,” but his vulnerability left him traumatized. He would spend the next 17 years of his life battling drug and alcohol abuse.

Having overcome his addiction, he has learned to use music to express himself in ways that his words cannot. With a couple of EP's under his belt, a trend started for Stutterin' Jimmy to play with some of Iowa's finest musicians, such as Matt Woods and Joe and Vicki Price to name a few. Stutterin' Jimmy has opened for a few National Acts such as Rev. Payton and His Big Damn Band and Eric Tessmer.

In 2017, Stutterin' Jimmy and The Goosebumps played at 80/35 Music Festival.

Stutterin Jimmy and the Goosebumps are made up of Grady Stein on bass, Matt Cullen of the Sighs on guitar, Brian Parizek on drums and Jimmy Enos (Stutterin Jimmy) singer-songwriter.