The former bass guitarist for the Zac Brown Band was given a nightmare diagnosis — doctors told him he had ALS in 2021 — and was told he had just 2-to-5 years to live. The 54-year-old country music ...
John Driskell Hopkins is living an incredible life with an incurable disease. "I believe that my music is allowing me to play music, if that makes sense," explains Hopkins, 54, in an interview with ...
John Driskell Hopkins, singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and one of the founding members of the Zac Brown Band, was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in 2021. Since receiving ...
John Driskell Hopkins, the bassist and founding member of country music's Zac Brown Band, revealed that he was diagnosed with the neurological disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. "I've ...
John Driskell Hopkins is a founding member of the Grammy-winning Zac Brown Band. In December 2021, he was diagnosed with the neurodegenerative disease Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or ALS. Hopkins ...
Zac Brown Band’s John Driskell Hopkins isn’t done rocking out more than three years after being diagnosed with ALS. “Just the fact that I'm speaking to you and walking around and able to still sing ...
Click here for the original audio and to read more. We revisit Peter O’Dowd’s June 2025 conversation with Zac Brown Band founding member John Driskell Hopkins, who was diagnosed with ALS in December ...