Casey Beathard

Casey Michael Beathard ( ; born December 2, 1965 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.

In 2004 and 2008, he received Broadcast Music, Inc.'s Songwriter of the Year award for his contributions.

Early life and education Beathard was born on December 2, 1965, in Torrance, California. He attended Oakton High School in Vienna, Virginia, where he played football 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 In 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.

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'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. 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 on December 21, 2019, outside of the Dogwood Bar & Grill in Nashville.

Themes Several 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. 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", Eric Church's "Homeboy", and more recently for Kip Moore's 2025 "Bad Spot".

Singles

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