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Aaron Jeoffrey Benward (born September 13, 1973) is an American singer-songwriter, actor, and producer. ==Life and career== Benward is the son of Candice and Jeoffrey Benward and has two siblings, Sareece and Colin. In high school, he left his mark as an All-State Football, Basketball and soccer player and was the US Army Scholar/Athlete of the Year for his school. After graduating he decided to pursue a college degree before getting involved in music on a professional level. He went to school on a soccer scholarship and studied at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1991, he surprised his father Jeoffrey when he told him that he wanted to follow his steps in the music business. They went on to form a unique son/father duo called Aaron Jeoffrey that achieved much popularity in the CCM scene. They garnered 10 #1 CCM singles and sold over 1,000,000 copies on all three of their EMI released albums combined. Aaron met his wife, Kenda, in San Jose, California and married in 1994. They have 3 kids named Luke, Gracie and Ella. In the late 1990s, Aaron decided to pursue a solo career. While recording his first solo album, Aaron, his wife and children, were involved in a near fatal car accident. After recovering from his injuries, Mr. Benward was able to release his debut album titled ''Imagine'', that had Billboard #1 single called "Captured" in 2000.〔http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/artists/aaronbenward.html〕 Benward then founded the country music duo Blue County with his friend Scott Reeves.〔()〕 Blue County recorded one album for Curb Records, which included the top 10 single "Good Little Girls"and the Top 20 hit "That's Cool" which Aaron co-wrote. Blue County was also nominated three times for CMA/ACM Duo of the Year. They participated as a featured artist in Conde Nast's/Chevrolet's Fashion Rocks campaign. In 2009, Aaron, created a live show in Las Vegas called "Nashville Unplugged: The Story Behind the Song", that features hit singer/songwriters from all genres in a "back porch style" show where the audience is able to get a sneak peek behind the curtain of how hit songs are born. "Nashville Unplugged" is 5 years running and currently plays every Friday night at Sunset Station Casino. Aaron has continued the growth of this show into other casinos and markets around the country. In March 2012 til March 2014, Aaron moved his creative forces and his family to Los Angeles and signed a new exclusive music publishing deal with Cornman Music/Warner Chappell where he had numerous songs placed on shows like ABC's "Nashville" and Bravo's "Project Runway". In May of 2015, Aaron co-wrote and co-produced the theme song and end title for Walt Disney's "Monkey Kingdom" called "It's our World" performed by Atlantic Records artist Jacquie Lee. Recently, Aaron took his talents to the silver screen by starring in 2 films called "Acts of God" and "The Song". "The Song" was picked up by Metro-Goldwyn and will be released in September 2014. It is a modern day story of King Solomon but told in the context of country music. Aaron plays David King, who is an iconic, outlaw country artist, a la Waylon Jennings type. His son, Jed, follows in his footsteps only to find that he must break the curse in order for his life to turn out better than his daddy had it. In "Acts of God", Aaron plays a US Army Ranger who comes back from combat with P.T.S.D. and the story follows how he handles this difficulty and how it affects his family, career and relationships. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aaron Benward」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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