Allen Collins's Birth Card: The 9 of Clubs

In the record

Larkin Allen Collins Jr. (July 19, 1952 – January 23, 1990) was an American guitarist, and one of the founding members of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. The birth-card coordinate for July 19 is the 9 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 2006 Performers with Lynyrd Skynyrd induction.

Rock Hall record

• 2006 Performers — inducted member of Lynyrd Skynyrd

The 9 of Clubs coordinate

Allen Collins's birthday maps to the 9 of Clubs (The Humanitarian Builder). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day), and the year is unused. It is not a prediction about a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame vote and not a verdict on Allen Collins. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You let a used-up framework go and keep the part that still works.

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Allen Collins in the public record

He co-wrote many of the band's songs with frontman and original lead singer Ronnie Van Zant. Collins was born in Jacksonville, Florida in 1952. He started playing guitar at 12 years of age, with a few lessons from his stepmother, Leila Collins, a country-and-western guitarist, and received his first guitar and amplifier from his mother. Inspired by the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964, he formed his first group, the Mods, with friends Larry Steele (bass), Donnie Ulsh (guitar), and James Rice (drums). Collins attended Nathan B. Forrest High School. In 1970, Collins married Kathy Johns. All of his bandmates were in his wedding party, but Kathy worried that the band's long haired appearance would disturb her parents.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Allen Collins (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the 9 of Clubs

A card is a calendar coordinate, not a cause. What follows sets one line of the card's own published language beside one sentence of the sourced record, paired by a documented rule. It is a resemblance offered for the reader to weigh — not a claim about Allen Collins, and not a forecast of induction.

Visionary thinking and big-picture perspective

He co-wrote many of the band's songs with frontman and original lead singer Ronnie Van Zant.

Paired on the mind and communication — the domain ♣ governs in this system. Markers in the record: wrote.

Also on the record

1. To solve this problem, she required all the band members to keep their hair under wigs at the wedding ceremony.
2. The wedding reception was one of the first public performances of "Free Bird" complete with the trademark extended guitar jam at the end.
3. Collins's family grew with the birth of his daughter Amie, followed quickly by Allison.
4. Collins was fond of cars, and had an extensive car collection, one of his favorites being a 1932 Plymouth coupe nicknamed "Dixie Blue".

Other inductees with this card

• Albert King — 2013 Performers
• Belinda Carlisle — 2021 Performers with The Go-Go's
• Bernie Leadon — 1998 Performers with Eagles
• Björn Ulvaeus — 2010 Performers with ABBA
• Brian May — 2001 Performers with Queen
• Dennis Dunaway — 2011 Performers with Alice Cooper
• Graham Simpson — 2019 Performers with Roxy Music
• Jason Cooper — 2019 Performers with The Cure
• Joey Kramer — 2001 Performers with Aerosmith
• John Lydon — 2006 Performers with Sex Pistols
• Keith Godchaux — 1994 Performers with The Grateful Dead
• LaVern Baker — 1991 Performers
• 11 more inductees share this card.

FAQ

What is Allen Collins's birth card?

The 9 of Clubs. July 19 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict a Rock Hall induction?

No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast awards, character, or fate.

Where do Allen Collins's dates come from?

Birth date 1952-07-19 is the day-precision date on Allen Collins's Wikipedia infobox, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Inductee identity comes from the Wikipedia Performers list, which cites RockHall.com. Year-only dates and Wikipedia↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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