Zac Brown Band founding member raising awareness of ALS
Grammy Award-winning Zac Brown Band plays Target Center on Friday. A founding member will be on stage with a message.
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Grammy Award-winning Zac Brown Band plays Target Center on Friday. A founding member will be on stage with a message.
John Driskell Hopkins, who wears a Hop on a Cure hat and has the name on his guitar strap, plays Friday, Oct. 23, with Zac Brown Band. He and his wife founded the nonprofit after his ALS diagnosis to raise awareness and research money.
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