Jerry Harrison's Birth Card: The 4 of Diamonds

In the record

Jeremiah Griffin Harrison (born February 21, 1949) is an American musician, songwriter, producer, and entrepreneur. The birth-card coordinate for February 21 is the 4 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 2002 Performers with Talking Heads induction.

Rock Hall record

• 2002 Performers — inducted member of Talking Heads

The 4 of Diamonds coordinate

Jerry Harrison's birthday maps to the 4 of Diamonds (The Financial Foundation 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 Jerry Harrison. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You build a floor that lasts and still let money move when the work requires it.

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Jerry Harrison in the public record

He began his professional music career as a member of the band the Modern Lovers, before becoming keyboardist and guitarist for the new wave group Talking Heads. In 2002, Harrison was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Talking Heads. Following David Byrne's announcement of Talking Heads' disbanding in 1991, Harrison has focused more on producing other bands, a role he started while still with Talking Heads, first producing the album Milwaukee with Elliott Murphy, and then later working with Violent Femmes on their third album, The Blind Leading the Naked, in 1986. During the 1990s, he produced a number of hit albums for bands such as Live, The Verve Pipe, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, and Kenny Wayne Shepherd among others. He has also released three albums of solo music (all while Talking Heads were still active) and has participated in a number of partial reunions of Talking Heads. In 1999, he helped found the online music community GarageBand.com.

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

Where the record meets the 4 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 Jerry Harrison, and not a forecast of induction.

You build a floor that lasts and still let money move when the work requires it.

Following David Byrne's announcement of Talking Heads' disbanding in 1991, Harrison has focused more on producing other bands, a role he started while still with Talking Heads, first producing the album Milwaukee with Elliott Murphy, and then later working with Violent Femmes on their third album, The Blind Leading the Naked, in 1986.

Paired on shared wording: still, working.

Other inductees with this card

• Benmont Tench — 2002 Performers with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
• Billy Henderson — 2023 Performers with The Spinners
• Brian Eno — 2019 Performers with Roxy Music
• Brian Johnson — 2003 Performers with AC/DC
• Buddy Holly — 1986 Performers; 2012 Performers with The Crickets
• Chrissie Hynde — 2005 Performers with The Pretenders
• Eazy-E — 2016 Performers with N.W.A
• Howard Leese — 2013 Performers with Heart
• John Densmore — 1993 Performers with The Doors
• LeRoi Moore — 2024 Performers with Dave Matthews Band
• Marv Tarplin — 2012 Performers with The Miracles
• Nina Simone — 2018 Performers
• 6 more inductees share this card.

FAQ

What is Jerry Harrison's birth card?

The 4 of Diamonds. February 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 Jerry Harrison's dates come from?

Birth date 1949-02-21 is the day-precision date on Jerry Harrison'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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