James Williamson's Birth Card: The 6 of Hearts

In the record

James Robert Williamson (born October 29, 1949) is an American guitarist, songwriter, record producer and electronics engineer. The birth-card coordinate for October 29 is the 6 of Hearts — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 2010 Performers with The Stooges induction.

Rock Hall record

• 2010 Performers — inducted member of The Stooges

The 6 of Hearts coordinate

James Williamson's birthday maps to the 6 of Hearts (The Devoted Caregiver). 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 James Williamson. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You care for people without disappearing. Help comes from a full plate, not an empty one.

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James Williamson in the public record

He was a member of the proto-punk rock band the Stooges, notably on the album Raw Power and in the reformed Stooges from 2009 to 2016. Between his stints in music, Williamson worked in Silicon Valley developing computer chips. Most recently he has continued as a solo artist. Williamson was born in Castroville, Texas in 1949. His father died while he was young and he moved to San Antonio, Texas around the age of five. He began playing guitar in the 7th grade, while his family were living in Lawton, Oklahoma: One summer while visiting Texas, I wound up getting a guitar because I thought it was cool. My sister was bringing home Elvis records and so I thought, 'I gotta have a guitar.' So I talked my mom into getting me one. My uncle worked for Sears, so I ended up with an old Sears f-hole guitar with action about an inch and a half off the fret board.

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

Where the record meets the Jack of Spades

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 James Williamson, and not a forecast of induction.

Courage to speak difficult truths

James Robert Williamson (born October 29, 1949) is an American guitarist, songwriter, record producer and electronics engineer.

Paired on work, health and mastery — the domain ♠ governs in this system. Markers in the record: engineer.

Also on the record

1. Anyway, when I first learned to play guitar a little bit, it was just chords and stuff, but then about a year or so later we moved to the Detroit area, and it just so happened that I moved next door to a family that all played music.
2. The son in that family, his name was Ken Black, taught me how to play chords better.
3. He played electric guitar.
4. I remember moving to Detroit—it was the summer when Martha and the Vandellas' "Heatwave" was a smash hit record.

Other inductees with this card

• Al Jackson Jr. — 1992 Performers with Booker T. & the M.G.'s
• Annie Lennox — 2022 Performers with Eurythmics
• Denny Laine — 2018 Performers with The Moody Blues
• Jimi Hendrix — 1992 Performers with The Jimi Hendrix Experience
• John Edwards — 2023 Performers with The Spinners
• Noel Redding — 1992 Performers with The Jimi Hendrix Experience
• O'Kelly Isley Jr. — 1992 Performers with The Isley Brothers
• Peter Green — 1998 Performers with Fleetwood Mac
• Roger O'Donnell — 2019 Performers with The Cure

FAQ

What is James Williamson's birth card?

The 6 of Hearts. October 29 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 James Williamson's dates come from?

Birth date 1949-10-29 is the day-precision date on James Williamson'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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