COLD SPRING, Ky. —

John "Hop" Driskell Hopkins has won multiple Grammy Awards, performed in sold-out stadiums around the world, and is set to play the Las Vegas Sphere this December. But Saturday night, he opened his heart in a backyard in Northern Kentucky, all to raise money and awareness for ALS research.

"It's been called 'the cruelest disease,'" Hop said in an exclusive one-and-one interview before the intimate concert. Advertisement

Hop is the founding guitarist of the Zac Brown Band. He's been living with ALS since 2021. The progressive neurodegenerative disease robs people of their ability to walk, speak, swallow, and eventually breathe — all while the mind remains sharp.

“I wouldn’t be happy just existing in this crazy situation and not doing anything about it,” Hop said. "I

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