Don Felder's Birth Card: The 3 of Clubs

In the record

Donald William Felder (born September 21, 1947) is an American musician who was the lead guitarist of the rock band Eagles from 1974 to 2001. The birth-card coordinate for September 21 is the 3 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 3 of Clubs coordinate

Don Felder's birthday maps to the 3 of Clubs (The Creative Communicator). 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 Don Felder. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You move an idea across more than one channel without abandoning the one that needs depth.

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Don Felder in the public record

He is known for co-writing several of the band's songs, most notably "Hotel California". Felder was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998 with Eagles and was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2016. Felder was fired from Eagles in 2001 after which he filed lawsuits against his former bandmates alleging wrongful termination, breach of implied-in-fact contract and breach of fiduciary duty. He published an autobiography detailing his tenure with Eagles, Heaven and Hell: My Life in the Eagles (1974–2001), in 2008. Don Felder was born in Gainesville, Florida, on September 21, 1947. He was raised in a Southern Baptist family. Felder was first attracted to music after watching Elvis Presley live on The Ed Sullivan Show. He acquired his first guitar when he was about ten years old, which he has stated he exchanged with a friend at the five-and-dime for a handful of cherry bombs.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Don Felder (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 3♣, K♦, 5♦, 3♠, J♦, 6♦, 9♥, 7♣, Q♠, J♣, 9♦, 7♠, 2♣, K♣. None is claimed here. The coordinate rests on the calendar date alone, and this page does not forecast induction.

Also on the record

1. A self-taught musician, he was heavily influenced by rock and roll.
2. At the age of 13 he started his first band, the Continentals in 1960, which also included Stephen Stills and Isaac Guillory.
3. Felder's family could not afford music lessons, so he taught himself to play guitar by ear, by listening to tape recordings that he played back at half-speed.
4. He worked at a music store started by a Berklee graduate, who taught music theory and some notation to Felder during his employment there.

Other inductees with this card

• Blaze Bayley — 2026 Performers with Iron Maiden
• Bob Gaudio — 1990 Performers with The Four Seasons
• Gene Clark — 1991 Performers with The Byrds
• Jim McCarty — 1992 Performers with The Yardbirds
• Jose Chepito Areas — 1998 Performers with Santana
• Keith Moon — 1990 Performers with The Who
• Leonard Cohen — 2008 Performers
• Liam Gallagher — 2026 Performers with Oasis
• Noel Gallagher — 2026 Performers with Oasis
• Patrick Simmons — 2020 Performers with The Doobie Brothers
• Paul Simonon — 2003 Performers with The Clash
• Rudy Lewis — 1988 Performers with The Drifters
• 2 more inductees share this card.

FAQ

What is Don Felder's birth card?

The 3 of Clubs. September 21 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 Don Felder's dates come from?

Birth date 1947-09-21 is the day-precision date on Don Felder'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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