Bill Bruford's Birth Card: The 2 of Diamonds

In the record

William Scott Bruford (born 17 May 1949) is an English drummer and percussionist. The birth-card coordinate for May 17 is the 2 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 2017 Performers with Yes induction.

Rock Hall record

• 2017 Performers — inducted member of Yes

The 2 of Diamonds coordinate

Bill Bruford's birthday maps to the 2 of Diamonds (The Financial Partner). 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 Bill Bruford. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You name the exchange out loud and keep it fair for both sides.

Live 2 of Diamonds meaning page

Bill Bruford in the public record

He is known for his work from the late 1960s to the 1990s, primarily as both a founding member of Yes and as a member of three forms of King Crimson. Bruford co-founded Yes in 1968 and recorded five albums with them, including The Yes Album, Fragile (both 1971) and Close to the Edge (1972). He left Yes in 1972, and spent the rest of the 1970s recording and touring with numerous groups. Most prominently, he performed with King Crimson; then after they disbanded in 1974, he worked with Roy Harper and U.K., and toured with Genesis in 1976 as a part of their A Trick of the Tail promotional tour. In 1978 he formed his own group, Bruford, who were active until 1980. During the 1980s Bruford returned to King Crimson for three years in their Discipline line-up, consisting of him and Robert Fripp along with Americans Tony Levin and Adrian Belew. He performed on their albums Discipline (1981), Beat (1982) and Three of a Perfect Pair (1984), until the group disbanded again in 1984. After this, he collaborated with several artists (including Patrick Moraz and David Torn) and formed his own electric jazz band, Earthworks, in 1986.

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

Where the record meets the 2 of Diamonds

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 Bill Bruford, and not a forecast of induction.

Natural understanding of fair exchange

Bruford co-founded Yes in 1968 and recorded five albums with them, including The Yes Album, Fragile (both 1971) and Close to the Edge (1972).

Paired on value and commerce — the domain ♦ governs in this system. Markers in the record: founded.

Also on the record

1. He then played with his former Yes bandmates in the supergroup Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe, which eventually led to a very brief second stint in Yes.
2. Bruford played in King Crimson for his third and final tenure from 1994 to 1997 as part of the Double Trio, then continued with a new acoustic configuration of Earthworks.
3. In 2009, Bruford announced his retirement from professional drumming.
4. He pursued other projects, including the operation of his two record labels, Summerfold and Winterfold, releasing an autobiography, and speaking and writing about music.

Other inductees with this card

• Al Rex — 2012 Performers with The Comets
• Alan Price — 1994 Performers with The Animals
• Ali Shaheed Muhammad — 2024 Performers with A Tribe Called Quest
• Andy Bell — 2026 Performers with Oasis
• Art Garfunkel — 1990 Performers with Simon & Garfunkel
• Bernie Worrell — 1997 Performers with Parliament-Funkadelic
• Brad Whitford — 2001 Performers with Aerosmith
• Bruce Palmer — 1997 Performers with Buffalo Springfield
• Chris Vrenna — 2020 Performers with Nine Inch Nails
• Dave Stewart — 2022 Performers with Eurythmics
• Etta James — 1993 Performers
• Ice Cube — 2016 Performers with N.W.A
• 15 more inductees share this card.

FAQ

What is Bill Bruford's birth card?

The 2 of Diamonds. May 17 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 Bill Bruford's dates come from?

Birth date 1949-05-17 is the day-precision date on Bill Bruford'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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