Bernie Leadon's Birth Card: The 9 of Clubs

In the record

Bernard Matthew Leadon III ( LED-ən; born July 19, 1947) is an American singer, musician, songwriter, and founding member of Eagles, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. The birth-card coordinate for July 19 is the 9 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1998 Performers with Eagles induction.

Rock Hall record

• 1998 Performers — inducted member of Eagles

The 9 of Clubs coordinate

Bernie Leadon'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 Bernie Leadon. 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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Bernie Leadon in the public record

Prior to Eagles, he was a member of four country rock bands: Hearts & Flowers, Dillard & Clark, Linda Ronstadt & the Corvettes and the Flying Burrito Brothers. He is a multi-instrumentalist (guitar, banjo, mandolin, steel guitar, dobro) coming from a bluegrass background. He introduced elements of this music to a mainstream audience during his tenure with Eagles. Leadon's solo career since leaving Eagles has been sporadic, resulting in two albums under his name (the first being a collaborative project with Michael Georgiades) with a gap of 27 years in between. However, Leadon appeared on many other artists' records as a session musician. In 1957 Leadon moved with his family to San Diego, California, where he met fellow musicians Ed Douglas and Larry Murray of the local bluegrass outfit the Scottsville Squirrel Barkers. The Barkers proved a breeding ground for future California country rock talent, including shy, 18-year-old mandolin player Chris Hillman, with whom Leadon maintained a lifelong friendship. Augmented by banjo player (and future Flying Burrito Brother) Kenny Wertz, the Squirrel Barkers eventually asked Leadon to fill in, upon Wertz's joining the Air Force in 1963.

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

Where the record meets the 8 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 Bernie Leadon, and not a forecast of induction.

You run a knowledge system other people can follow, and you stand behind the call. Your mind calculates power, influence, and success. You're ambitious and know how to leverage ideas into position. You think like a chess player.

After the latter album's release in 1971, Leadon had tired of the band's lack of commercial success and decided to leave the band to pursue an opportunity to play with three musicians he had worked with while moonlighting in Linda Ronstadt's backing band that summer, forming Eagles.

Paired on shared wording: play, success. This line comes from the Result / Cosmic Reward position of the 9♣'s Life Spread.

Also on the record

1. However, Leadon did not become a member of the band.
2. He later met future Eagles lead guitarist Don Felder, whose band, the Continentals, had just lost guitarist Stephen Stills.
3. A call from ex-Squirrel Barker Larry Murray in 1967 to join his fledgling psychedelic country-folk group Hearts & Flowers and to replace Rick Cunha brought Leadon to California, where he became involved with the burgeoning L.A. folk/country rock scene.
4. Leadon recorded one album with the band, its second release, Of Horses, Kids, and Forgotten Women, for Capitol Records.

Other inductees with this card

• Albert King — 2013 Performers
• Allen Collins — 2006 Performers with Lynyrd Skynyrd
• Belinda Carlisle — 2021 Performers with The Go-Go's
• 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 Bernie Leadon'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 Bernie Leadon's dates come from?

Birth date 1947-07-19 is the day-precision date on Bernie Leadon'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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