Dave Matthews's Birth Card: The 5 of Spades

In the record

David John Matthews (born January 9, 1967) is an American musician and the lead vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist for the Dave Matthews Band (DMB). The birth-card coordinate for January 9 is the 5 of Spades — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 2024 Performers with Dave Matthews Band induction.

Rock Hall record

• 2024 Performers — inducted member of Dave Matthews Band

The 5 of Spades coordinate

Dave Matthews's birthday maps to the 5 of Spades (The Restless Mind). 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 Dave Matthews. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You stay in the hard stretch long enough to get better at it.

Live 5 of Spades meaning page

Dave Matthews in the public record

Matthews was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and moved frequently between South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States while growing up. He started playing acoustic guitar at the age of nine. From 1991 to 2003, Matthews predominantly focused on songwriting and performing with the Dave Matthews Band, which he started in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 1991. He also has done various solo performances and produced other records. The band relentlessly toured and performed yearly for nearly two decades through 2010, beginning with college party shows and quickly growing into arena and stadium tours by the late 1990s; between 2000 and 2009, the band grossed more revenue than any other act in North America. The band's 2012 album Away from the World made them the only group to have six consecutive studio albums debut at number one on the Billboard charts. This record was extended to seven consecutive number one albums with the 2018 release, Come Tomorrow. In addition to music, Matthews has had multiple acting roles.

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

Where the record meets the cards

No sentence in the sourced record shows a clear echo of the published language for 5♠, 4♦, 10♥, K♥, 9♠, 2♣, J♥, 9♣, 2♥, K♦, 6♥, 4♣, 2♦, J♠, 8♣, 6♦, 4♠. None is claimed here. The coordinate rests on the calendar date alone, and this page does not forecast induction.

Also on the record

1. He has also won two Grammy Awards: one with the Dave Matthews Band in 1997 for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group ("So Much to Say") and one in 2004 for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance ("Gravedigger") from his solo album.

Other inductees with this card

• Alan Clark — 2018 Performers with Dire Straits
• David Bryan — 2018 Performers with Bon Jovi
• Jimmy Page — 1992 Performers with The Yardbirds; 1995 Performers with Led Zeppelin
• Joan Baez — 2017 Performers
• John Frusciante — 2012 Performers with Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Philippé Wynne — 2023 Performers with The Spinners
• Richard Manuel — 1994 Performers with The Band

FAQ

What is Dave Matthews's birth card?

The 5 of Spades. January 9 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 Dave Matthews's dates come from?

Birth date 1967-01-09 is the day-precision date on Dave Matthews'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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