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Casey Michael Beathard, born on December 2, 1965 in Torrance, California,〔〔 is an American country music songwriter. The son of former NFL general manager Bobby Beathard, he has co-written singles for several country music recording artists, including Top Ten singles for Gary Allan, Billy Ray Cyrus, Trace Adkins, and Kenny Chesney. In 2004 and 2008, he received Broadcast Music, Inc.'s Songwriter of the Year award for his contributions.〔 ==Biography== Casey graduated from Oakton High School, Vienna Virginia in 1984 where he was football star. Beathard moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in 1991 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.〔 (Chesney would later record "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems", another Beathard co-write, in 2002.)〔 By the 2000s, many other country music artists would record Casey's material as well, 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.〔 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.〔 〕 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. Beathard graduated from Elon University in Elon, NC, in 1990 with a degree in business management. While at Elon, he was a member of Kappa Sigma Fraternity and played football. Beathard's son, CJ, is the starting quarterback at the University of Iowa.〔http://www.hawkeyesports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/cj_beathard_810136.html〕 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「Casey Beathard」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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