- Casey Beathard
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Name = Casey Beathard
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Origin =Spring Hill, Tennessee ,United States cite web |url=http://www.prleap.com/pr/1962/ |title=Spring Hill's Casey Beathard is BMI's newly awarded Songwriter of the Year |accessdate=2007-12-28 |date=2004-11-13 |work=Entertainment News]
Genre = Country
Occupation =Songwriter
Years_active = 1998-present
Associated_acts =Trace Adkins Tracy Byrd Kenny Chesney Tracy Lawrence
URL =Casey Beathard is an American
country music songwriter. The son of formerNFL general managerBobby Beathard ,cite web |url=http://www.bmi.com/musicworld/entry/234282 |title=Casey Beathard |accessdate=2007-12-28 |date=2004-12-01 |work=Broadcast Music Incorporated ] he has co-written singles for several country music recording artists, including Top Ten singles forGary Allan ,Billy Ray Cyrus ,Trace Adkins , andKenny Chesney . In 2004, he receivedBroadcast Music Incorporated 's Songwriter of the Year award for his contributions.cite web |url=http://www.prleap.com/pr/1962/ |title=Spring Hill's Casey Beathard is BMI's newly awarded Songwriter of the Year |accessdate=2007-12-28 |date=2004-11-13 |work=Entertainment News] cite web |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2004_Nov_9/ai_n6337228 |title=BMI Celebrates Country Music at 2004 Awards; Shania Twain, Toby Keith & Casey Beathard Lead Winners; Loretta Lynn Honored as BMI Icon |accessdate=2007-12-28 |date=2004-11-09 |work=Business Wire]Biography
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 ofKenny Chesney 's 1998 album "I Will Stand ", which was released as a single that year. (Chesney would later record "No Shirt, No Shoes, No Problems", another Beathard co-write, in 2002.) By the 2000s, many other country music artists would record Casey's material as well, includingTrace Adkins ,Gary Allan ,Tracy Byrd , andBilly Currington . For his contributions as a songwriter, Beathard received a Songwriter of the Year award fromBroadcast Music Incorporated in 2004.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. [cite web |url=http://www.musicrow.com/coverdetail/ARN003821 |title=On the Cover – Trace Adkins |accessdate=2007-12-28 |date=2006-08 |work=Music Row]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. [cite web |url=http://www.cmt.com/news/articles/1566677/20070808/lawrence_tracy.jhtml |title=Ed Hill, Casey Beathard Lauded for Tracy Lawrence No. 1 |accessdate=2007-12-28 |last=Morris |first=Edward |date=2007-08-08 |work=CMT]Themes
Several of Casey'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" byTerri Clark . He has occasionally shown a more serious side to his songs as well, such asBilly Currington 's "Walk a Little Straighter " andBilly Ray Cyrus 's "Ready, Set, Don't Go ".References
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