Patrick Simmons's Birth Card: The 3 of Clubs

In the record

Patrick Simmons (born October 19, 1948) is an American musician best known as a founding member of the rock band The Doobie Brothers, with whom he was inducted as into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2020. The birth-card coordinate for October 19 is the 3 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 2020 Performers with The Doobie Brothers induction.

Rock Hall record

• 2020 Performers — inducted member of The Doobie Brothers

The 3 of Clubs coordinate

Patrick Simmons'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 Patrick Simmons. 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.

Live 3 of Clubs meaning page

Patrick Simmons in the public record

He is the only member of the band to appear on every release. Born in Aberdeen, Washington, Simmons was raised in San Jose, California, where his father was a high school educator. He attended Leigh High School in San Jose, California, followed by San José State University where he was a member of the Theta Xi fraternity and lived for many years in Santa Cruz County, California. In 1970, a California-based power trio consisting of Tom Johnston, Dave Shogren and John Hartman teamed up with Simmons to form a group together. They would call themselves "The Doobie Brothers", after their friend Keith "Dyno" Rosen, who either lived with or next to the band, told them: "Why don't you call yourself the Doobie Brothers because you're always smoking pot?"Simmons wrote and sang many songs for the Doobie Brothers, including lead vocal on "South City Midnight Lady", as well as "Dependin' On You", "Echoes of Love", "Wheels of Fortune" and "Black Water", the group's first #1 record. The group's 1978 studio album, Minute by Minute, reached number one for five weeks, and won the band a Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group, while the single "What A Fool Believes" from the album won three Grammys itself. The Doobie Brothers disbanded in 1982, with Simmons' decision to leave the group, as the last original member at the time, after Dave Shogren left in 1971, Tom Johnston in 1977, and John Hartman in 1979. The Doobie Brothers reformed again in 1987, and the band are still touring, as of 2024, being led by Simmons and Johnston.The group has sold more than 40 million albums worldwide.

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

Where the record meets the 3 of Clubs

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 Patrick Simmons, and not a forecast of induction.

Ability to articulate complex ideas clearly

Born in Aberdeen, Washington, Simmons was raised in San Jose, California, where his father was a high school educator.

Paired on the mind and communication — the domain ♣ governs in this system. Markers in the record: educator.

Also on the record

1. The Doobie Brothers were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2004, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on November 7, 2020.
2. Upon hearing that the band were to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Simmons recalled: I was really happy about it.
3. It's something that we've been thinking about for a long time.
4. That's kind of one of the things you always hope will happen, especially with a band like ours that has been around this long.

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
• 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
• Paul Simonon — 2003 Performers with The Clash
• Rudy Lewis — 1988 Performers with The Drifters
• 2 more inductees share this card.

FAQ

What is Patrick Simmons's birth card?

The 3 of Clubs. October 19 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 Patrick Simmons's dates come from?

Birth date 1948-10-19 is the day-precision date on Patrick Simmons'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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