Jim McCarty's Birth Card: The 3 of Clubs

In the record

James Stanley McCarty (born 25 July 1943) is an English drummer, best known as a member of the Yardbirds and Renaissance. The birth-card coordinate for July 25 is the 3 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1992 Performers with The Yardbirds induction.

Rock Hall record

• 1992 Performers — inducted member of The Yardbirds

The 3 of Clubs coordinate

Jim McCarty'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 Jim McCarty. 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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Jim McCarty in the public record

McCarty has performed and recorded as a drummer and occasional singer with the Yardbirds, Together, Renaissance, Shoot, Illusion, Box of Frogs, the British Invasion All-Stars, and Pilgrim. He was also a keyboardist for Stairway and, under his own name, a guitarist in the Jim McCarty Band. Since 1992 he has been playing with the reformed Yardbirds. Following Chris Dreja's departure from the Yardbirds in 2013, McCarty became the only founding member to still tour in the band. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 as a member of the Yardbirds. McCarty has released three solo albums : Out of the Dark (1994), Sitting on the Top of Time (2009), and Walking in the Wild Land (2018) as well as two books. McCarty has contributed to four Yardbird books: Yardbirds (1983. ISBN 0-283-98982-3) / Yardbirds : The Ultimate Rave-Up (1997.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Jim McCarty (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♦, 4♣, 6♥, 5♣, 3♠, 9♥, 7♣, Q♠, J♣, 9♦, 7♠, 2♣, 2♦, J♠, 8♣, 6♦, 4♠, 10♥, 10♦, 8♠, A♥. None is claimed here. The coordinate rests on the calendar date alone, and this page does not forecast induction.

Also on the record

1. ISBN 0-9648157-8-8) / The Yardbirds (2002.
2. ISBN 0-87930-724-2) / Nobody Told Me: My Life with the Yardbirds, Renaissance and Other Stories (2018.
3. ISBN 0244966508).

Other inductees with this card

• Blaze Bayley — 2026 Performers with Iron Maiden
• Bob Gaudio — 1990 Performers with The Four Seasons
• Don Felder — 1998 Performers with Eagles
• Gene Clark — 1991 Performers with The Byrds
• 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 Jim McCarty's birth card?

The 3 of Clubs. July 25 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 Jim McCarty's dates come from?

Birth date 1943-07-25 is the day-precision date on Jim McCarty'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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