# 688 - John Driskell Hopkins Brings it

Bertcast

Berty Boy Productions

Performing Arts, Arts, Comedy

4.6 • 10.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2025

⏱️ 101 minutes

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I sit down with musician, John Driskell Hopkins. We talk about joining the Zac Brown Band, growing up in Georgia & Florida, early gigs, his experience with ALS, and John plays my favorite song of his! To help accelerate promising research, find a cure, and put an end to ALS once and for all, check out “Hop on a Cure” here: https://www.hoponacure.org Follow John IG: https://www.instagram.com/johndriskellhopkins YT: https://www.youtube.com/@JDHop My new special “Lucky” is streaming now on Netflix! --------------------------------------------------- Sponsors: Bluechew - Make life easier by getting harder and discover your options at https://BlueChew.com! Select Quote - Life insurance is never cheaper than it is today. Get the right life insurance for YOU, for LESS, and save more than fifty percent at https://selectquote.com/bert Liquid I.V. - Savor the last bits of summer with Liquid I.V. Tear. Pour. Live More. Go to https://liquid-iv.com and get 20% off your first order with code BERT at checkout. True Classic - Upgrade your wardrobe and save on @trueclassic at https://trueclassic.com/BERTCAST! #trueclassicpod BetterHelp - Our listeners get 10% off their first month at https://www.betterhelp.com/bert --------------------------------------------------- SUBSCRIBE so you never miss a video https://bit.ly/3DC1ICg For all TOUR DATES: http://www.bertbertbert.com For Fully Loaded: https://fullyloadedfestival.com For Merch: https://store.bertbertbert.com YouTube▶ http://www.YouTube.com/user/Akreischer X▶ http://www.Twitter.com/bertkreischer Facebook▶ http://www.Facebook.com/BertKreischer Instagram▶ http://www.Instagram.com/bertkreischer TikTok▶ http://www.TikTok.com/@bertkreischer Text Me▶ https://my.community.com/bertkreischer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	of those 5,000 people, 2,500 of them don't like music at all.
0:13.3	One person.
0:17.5	Canada, you are absolutely perfect this time of year.
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0:56.2	This is the surrealest moment of my life. I'm telling you when I say, I have been a fan of yours for
1:04.0	since 1991, I'm guessing. The then was was distant relatives, right?
1:12.3	No, right?
1:13.3	Woodpeckers.
1:14.2	Woodpeckers.
1:14.8	Then distant relatives, then brighter shade.
1:16.7	Yeah.
1:17.3	So, and now, and I, and my favorite part of this whole story is I was doing a show,
1:24.7	I was doing a show for Travel Channel.
1:26.0	We were at the CMT Awards or whatever
1:27.9	it was in Nashville. You were with the Zach Brown band, your band, and you were all in a golf
1:33.4	cart, and I saw you in the stadium when we were in a separate golf cart going the other way,
1:38.9	and I yelled out, distant relatives. And you turned around like, what the fuck? And I was like, and they're like, dude, that's my favorite musician.
1:47.9	That's my, that, you know, that blows my mind.
1:52.6	But I love it.
1:54.1	And thank you for that.
1:56.3	I mean, I remember that moment too.
2:00.4	Because I was like like what the fuck
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