Casey Michael Beathard (/ˈbɛθərd/ BETH-ərd;[4] born December 2, 1965[1][2]) is an American country music songwriter. The son of former National Football League general manager Bobby Beathard,[5] and father of Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback C. J. Beathard, and country music artist Tucker Beathard, he has co-written singles for several country music recording artists, including top-ten singles for Gary Allan, Billy Ray Cyrus, Trace Adkins, Kenny Chesney, and Eric Church.
Casey Beathard | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Casey Michael Beathard |
| Born | December 2, 1965 |
| Origin | Torrance, California, U.S.[1][2] Spring Hill, Tennessee, U.S.[3] |
| Genres | Country |
| Occupation | Songwriter |
| Years active | 1998–present |
In 2004 and 2008, he received Broadcast Music, Inc.'s Songwriter of the Year award for his contributions.[3][6]
Early life and education
editBeathard was born on December 2, 1965, in Torrance, California. He attended Oakton High School in Vienna, Virginia, where he was a football star and graduated in 1984. In 1990, Beathard graduated from Elon University in Elon, North Carolina, with a degree in business management. While in Elon, he was a member of Kappa Sigma Fraternity and played college football.
Career
editIn 1991, Beathard moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to find work as a songwriter. After finding work at various jobs in Nashville, he was eventually signed to a songwriting contract; his first cut as a songwriter was the title track of Kenny Chesney's 1998 album I Will Stand, which was released as a single that year.[5] (Chesney later recorded "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems", another Beathard co-write, in 2002.[5]) By the 2000s, many other country music artists had recorded Beathard's material, including Trace Adkins, Gary Allan, Tracy Byrd, and Billy Currington. For his contributions as a songwriter, Beathard received a Songwriter of the Year award from Broadcast Music Incorporated in 2004 and 2008.[6]
In 2006, he received his first credit as a record producer, when he co-produced the track "I Wanna Feel Something" on Trace Adkins' Dangerous Man album. This was also Adkins' first co-production credit.[7]
A year later, Beathard received additional honors from BMI as the co-writer of Tracy Lawrence's single "Find Out Who Your Friends Are", Lawrence's first number one in eleven years, and the first single for his personal Rocky Comfort label.[8]
Beathard's son, C. J. Beathard, is a backup quarterback for the Jacksonville Jaguars. He played at the University of Iowa and was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the 2017 NFL draft.[9] Another son, Tucker Beathard, is signed to Dot Records as a recording artist.
His son Clayton, a quarterback at Long Island University, was fatally stabbed during an altercation that began at around 2:50 a.m. Saturday, December 21, 2019, outside of the Dogwood Bar & Grill in Nashville.
Themes
editSeveral of Casey Beathard's songs are up-tempo party anthems, occasionally centering on alcoholic beverages. The latter theme is most evident on the three cuts recorded by Byrd—"Ten Rounds with Jose Cuervo", "Drinkin' Bone", and "How'd I Wind Up in Jamaica"—as well as Trent Willmon's debut single "Beer Man", and "The World Needs a Drink" by Terri Clark.[5] He has occasionally shown a more serious side to his songs as well, such as Jeff Bates's "The Love Song", Billy Currington's "Walk a Little Straighter", Billy Ray Cyrus's "Ready, Set, Don't Go", and Eric Church's "Homeboy".[5]
Singles
editThis section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. (November 2017) |
| Song title | Artist | Co-writers | Peak | Release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Heaven on Dirt" | Gord Bamford | Jason Lee Owens Jr., Phil O'Donnell, Jenee Fleenor | 34 | 04/16/2021 |
| "Hell of a View" | Eric Church | Eric Church, Monty Criswell | 4 | 11/09/2020 |
| "Rock On" | Tucker Beathard | Tucker Beathard, Marla Cannon-Goodman | 2 | 03/06/2016 |
| "Like a Wrecking Ball" | Eric Church | Eric Church | 6 | 03/09/2015 |
| "The Outsiders" | Eric Church | Eric Church | 6 | 10/22/2013 |
| "Like Jesus Does" | Eric Church | Monty Criswell | 6 | 1/28/2013 |
| "He's Mine" | Rodney Atkins | Tim James, Phil O'Donnell | 23 | 11/7/2011 |
| "Just Fishin'" | Trace Adkins | Ed Hill, Monty Criswell | 6 | 3/21/2011 |
| "Homeboy" | Eric Church | Eric Church | 13 | 2/28/2011 |
| "Brown Chicken Brown Cow" | Trace Adkins | Kenny Beard, Rivers Rutherford | 39 | 8/17/2010 |
| "The Boys of Fall" | Kenny Chesney | Dave Turnbull | 1 | 7/12/2010 |
| "The Breath You Take" | George Strait | Dean Dillon, Jessie Jo Dillon | 6 | 7/12/2010 |
| "Come Back Song" | Darius Rucker | Chris Stapleton, Darius Rucker | 1 | 7/6/2010 |
| "Way Out Here" | Josh Thompson | Josh Thompson, David Lee Murphy | 15 | 3/29/2010 |
| "All I Ask For Anymore" | Trace Adkins | Tim James | 14 | 5/18/2009 |
| "His Kind of Money (My Kind of Love)" | Eric Church | Eric Church, Shane Minor | 46 | 3/24/2009 |
| "Cleaning This Gun (Come On In Boy)" | Rodney Atkins | Marla-Cannon Goodman | 1 | 10/1/2007 |
| "Don't Blink" | Kenny Chesney | Chris Wallin | 1 | 9/10/2007 |
| "How 'bout Them Cowgirls" | George Strait | Ed Hill | 3 | 8/24/2007 |
| "Ready, Set, Don't Go" | Billy Ray Cyrus w/ Miley Cyrus | Billy Ray Cyrus | 4 | 8/11/2007 |
| "'Fore She Was Mama" | Clay Walker | Phil O'Donnell | 21 | 10/16/2006 |
| "The World Needs a Drink" | Terri Clark | Eric Church | 26 | 8/29/2006 |
| "Find Out Who Your Friends Are" | Tracy Lawrence | Ed Hill | 1 | 8/21/2006 |
| "Yee Haw" | Jake Owen | Jake Owen, Kendell Marvel | 16 | 2/27/2006 |
| "Do You Want Fries with That" | Tim McGraw | Kerry Kurt Phillips | 5 | 5/23/2005 |
| "I See Me" | Travis Tritt | Chris Mohr | 32 | 3/5/2005 |
| "I Got A Feelin'" | Billy Currington | Billy Currington, Carson Chamberlain | 5 | 1/5/2004 |
| "Hot Mama" | Trace Adkins | Tom Shapiro | 5 | 9/22/2003 |
| "Drinkin' Bone" | Tracy Byrd | Kerry Kurt Phillips | 7 | 8/4/2003 |
| "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems" | Kenny Chesney | 2 | 5/26/2003 | |
| "Walk a Little Straighter" | Billy Currington | Billy Currington, Carson Chamberlain | 8 | 4/21/2003 |
| "The Love Song" | Jeff Bates | Jeff Bates, Kenny Beard | 8 | 12/16/2002 |
| "Ten Rounds with Jose Cuervo" | Tracy Byrd | Michael P. Heeney, Marla Cannon-Goodman | 1 | 4/1/2002 |
| "Where the Stars and Stripes and the Eagle Fly" | Aaron Tippin | Aaron Tippin, Kenny Beard | 2 | 9/17/2001 |
| "Right Where I Need to Be" | Gary Allan | Kendell Marvel | 5 | 9/11/2000 |
| "I Will Stand" | Kenny Chesney | Mark Germino | 27 | 8/25/1998 |
References
edit- ^ a b "RolandNote Country Music Database Searches". RolandNote.com. June 30, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
- ^ a b "The Birth of Casey Beathard". CaliforniaBirthIndex.org. June 30, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
- ^ a b "Spring Hill's Casey Beathard is BMI's newly awarded Songwriter of the Year". Entertainment News. November 13, 2004. Archived from the original on February 2, 2009. Retrieved December 28, 2007.
- ^ Brown, Daniel. "49ers Analysis: How rookie C.J. Beathard showed promise of better days ahead," The Mercury News (San Jose, CA), Sunday, August 20, 2017. Retrieved November 27, 2020
- ^ a b c d e "Casey Beathard". Broadcast Music Incorporated. December 1, 2004. Retrieved December 28, 2007.
- ^ a b "BMI Celebrates Country Music at 2004 & 2008 Awards; Shania Twain, Toby Keith & Casey Beathard Lead Winners; Loretta Lynn Honored as BMI Icon". Business Wire. November 9, 2004. Retrieved December 28, 2007.
- ^ "On the Cover – Trace Adkins". Music Row. August 2006. Archived from the original on December 3, 2008. Retrieved December 28, 2007.
- ^ Morris, Edward (August 8, 2007). "Ed Hill, Casey Beathard Lauded for Tracy Lawrence No. 1". CMT. Archived from the original on January 19, 2013. Retrieved December 28, 2007.
- ^ "C.J. Beathard Bio - Hawkeye Sports Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved September 13, 2015.