John Driskell Hopkins: Last News

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Staying fit is important, even for a musician.

John Driskell Hopkins is perfectly in tune.  The 51-year-old multi-instrumental musician, who goes by the name "Hop," has played in front of millions of fans across the world as a founding member of the Grammy award-winning group Zac Brown Band.  He’s a songwriter, and co-wrote the band’s first No. 1 hit on the Billboard Chart, "Heavy Is the Head," featuring vocals from the late Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell.The song made Zac Brown Band only the second musical act after Bon Jovi to have a No.

country music group during a short video shared to the band’s YouTube account.The 51-year-old musician, who has served as a multi-intrumentalist with focus on the bass guitar, in addition to a powerful vocalist and lyricist since the band’s inception in 2002, acknowledged he had difficult news for the band’s massive fan base.“I have tough news to share, and my brothers and sister have gathered to support me,” he said in the minute-long clip, which was also posted on the band’s Twitter account.“Over the past several years, I’ve noticed some balance issues and some stiffness in my hands. After careful analysis by some of the country’s top neurologists, I have been diagnosed with ALS.“Because my symptoms have been slow progressing form the start, we believe they will continue to be slow progressing going forward.

Zac Brown Band founding member John Driskell Hopkins revealed he's been diagnosed with ALS as he stood alongside bandmates from the country music group during a short video shared to the band's YouTube account. The 51-year-old musician, who has served as a multi-intrumentalist with focus on the bass guitar, in addition to a powerful vocalist and lyricist since the band's inception in 2002, acknowledged he had difficult news for the band's massive fan base.

John Driskell Hopkins has been diagnosed with ALS. The 51-year-old musician - who is best known being part of the the Grammy Award winning group Zac Brown Band - is suffering from muscle disease Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, which causes a progressive degeneration of motor nerve cells in the brain He said: "Over the past several years, I've noticed some balance issues and some stiffness in my hands. After careful analysis by some of the country's top neurologists, I have been diagnosed with ALS.

John Driskell Hopkins of the Zac Brown Band took to social media with his bandmates on Friday to share grave health news.The 51-year-old musician posted a video in which he revealed he's been diagnosed with ALS, also known asLou Gehrig's Disease.'I have tough news to share,' the singer stated at the beginning of the clip. He was joined by his 'brothers and sister.' Serious announcement: John Driskell Hopkins of the Zac Brown Band took to social media to reveal he's been diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease; John in Nashville, TN earlier this month 'Over the past several years, I've noticed some balance issues and some stiffness in my hands,' he went on to explain.'After careful analysis by some of the country's top neurologists, I have been diagnosed with ALS,' he continued with a brave face.

John Driskell Hopkins is sharing an update about his health.

Zac Brown Band musician John Driskell Hopkins has helped to record a cover of folk legend John Prine’s Angel From Montgomery to raise coronavirus relief funds.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Recording Academy has released a new recording of John Prine's “Angel From Montgomery" with proceeds going to support the MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund.