Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Performers · birth-card coordinate
Chris Layton's Birth Card: The 4 of Clubs
The Systematic Builder
A birth card is a calendar coordinate for the month and day. It is not fortune-telling and does not predict a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction.
In the record
Christopher Layton (born November 16, 1955), is an American drummer who rose to fame as one of the founding members of Double Trouble, a blues rock band led by Stevie Ray Vaughan. The birth-card coordinate for November 16 is the 4 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 2015 Performers with Stevie Ray Vaughan induction.
Rock Hall record
- 2015 Performers — inducted member of Stevie Ray Vaughan
The 4 of Clubs coordinate
Chris Layton's birthday maps to the 4 of Clubs (The Systematic 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 Chris Layton. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You put knowledge into an order other people can actually use.
Chris Layton in the public record
Born and raised in Corpus Christi, Texas, Layton moved to Austin in 1975 and joined the band Greezy Wheels. He later joined Vaughan's band Double Trouble in 1978. After forming successful partnerships with bandmates Tommy Shannon and Reese Wynans, Double Trouble recorded and performed with Vaughan until his death in 1990. Layton and Shannon later formed supergroups such as the Arc Angels, Storyville, and Grady. Layton is the drummer for the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band. Layton was born in Corpus Christi, Texas. During his childhood, he lived in Mathis, Texas, a small community where his father owned a car dealership. After hearing Chubby Checker's version of "The Twist", Layton became fascinated with playing the drums.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Chris Layton (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the 6 of Hearts
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 Chris Layton, and not a forecast of induction.
Cards in Chris Layton's fixed path
Birth card and karma
- 4♣ — Birth Card: The Systematic Builder
- 6♥ — Karma — Environment: The Devoted Caregiver
- 5♣ — Karma — Displacement: The Dynamic Innovator
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- 2♦ — Life Spread — Mercury
- J♠ — Life Spread — Venus
- 6♦ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- 4♠ — Life Spread — Saturn
- 10♥ — Life Spread — Uranus
- 10♦ — Life Spread — Neptune
- A♥ — Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward
Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread
Birth card from the month and day. Karma cards are fixed to the birth card. The planetary ruling card comes from the sun sign's ruling planet — the signs with two rulers carry two. The Life Spread is the birth card's fixed row of nine in the Life Spread — the cards that colour each 52-day period for life. Planetary period and long-range cards move year by year and are not shown on a static page.
You care for people without disappearing. You're wired for harmony and devotion—attuned to others' needs and moved to meet them. You create peace and care in your relationships, and people feel tended to in your presence. Love, for you, is something you actively give.
He tapped Chris on the shoulder and said, 'I'll give you a try if you'll play what I want' – something to that effect.Chris was a great student and learned to play that stuff really well and quickly.
Paired on shared wording: give, something.
Also on the record
- He moved back to Corpus Christi and acquired his first drum set at the age of 13.
- Layton graduated from W.
- B.
- Ray High School, where he was part of the school band.
Other inductees with this card
- Ben Shepherd — 2025 Performers with Soundgarden
- Chuck Berry — 1986 Performers
- Cliff Williams — 2003 Performers with AC/DC
- Colin Greenwood — 2019 Performers with Radiohead
- Donna Jean Godchaux — 1994 Performers with The Grateful Dead
- GZA — 2026 Performers with Wu-Tang Clan
- Garry Shider — 1997 Performers with Parliament-Funkadelic
- Gladys Knight — 1996 Performers with Gladys Knight & the Pips
- John Fogerty — 1993 Performers with Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Johnny Moore — 1988 Performers with The Drifters
- Laura Nyro — 2012 Performers
- Mick Jones — 2003 Performers with The Clash
- 1 more inductees share this card.
FAQ
- What is Chris Layton's birth card?
- The 4 of Clubs. November 16 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 Chris Layton's dates come from?
- Birth date 1955-11-16 is the day-precision date on Chris Layton'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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Sources: RockHall.com (induction record) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Performers list, Chris Layton) + Wikidata CC0 (Q2964780). Birth date 1955-11-16 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).