Paul Butterfield's Birth Card: The Ace of Clubs

In the record

Paul Vaughn Butterfield (December 17, 1942 – May 4, 1987) was an American blues harmonica player, singer, and bandleader. The birth-card coordinate for December 17 is the Ace of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 2015 Performers with The Paul Butterfield Blues Band induction.

Rock Hall record

• 2015 Performers — inducted member of The Paul Butterfield Blues Band

The Ace of Clubs coordinate

Paul Butterfield's birthday maps to the Ace of Clubs (The Creative Pioneer). 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 Paul Butterfield. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You start a new idea while it is still usable, and you let it meet the world unfinished.

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Paul Butterfield in the public record

After early training as a classical flautist, he developed an interest in blues harmonica. He explored the blues scene in his native Chicago, where he met Muddy Waters and other blues greats, who provided encouragement and opportunities for him to join in jam sessions. He soon began performing with fellow blues enthusiasts Nick Gravenites and Elvin Bishop. In 1963, he formed the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, which recorded several successful albums and was popular on the late-1960s concert and festival circuit, with performances at the Fillmore West in San Francisco, the Fillmore East in New York City, the Monterey Pop Festival, and Woodstock. The band was known for combining electric Chicago blues with a rock urgency. and for their pioneering jazz fusion performances and recordings. The band was also among the first racially integrated blues groups. After the breakup of the group in 1971, Butterfield continued to tour and record with the band Paul Butterfield's Better Days, with his mentor Muddy Waters, and with members of the roots-rock group the Band. While still recording and performing, Butterfield died in 1987 at age 44 of an accidental drug overdose.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Paul Butterfield (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 A♣, 2♥, 3♦, Q♦, 6♥, Q♣, 10♠, 5♣, A♠, 7♥, 7♦, 5♠, J♥, 9♣, 9♠, 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. Music critics have acknowledged his development of an original approach that places him among the best-known blues harp players.
2. In 2006, he was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame.
3. Butterfield and the early members of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015.
4. Both panels noted his harmonica skills and his contributions to bringing blues music to a younger and broader audience.

Other inductees with this card

• Brent Mydland — 1994 Performers with The Grateful Dead
• Bruce Springsteen — 1999 Performers
• Charlotte Caffey — 2021 Performers with The Go-Go's
• Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels — 2009 Performers with Run-DMC
• Eddie Kendricks — 1989 Performers with The Temptations
• Elvin Bishop — 2015 Performers with The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
• Elvis Costello — 2003 Performers with Elvis Costello & the Attractions
• Gene Simmons — 2014 Performers with Kiss
• Harvey Fuqua — 2000 Performers with The Moonglows
• Ian Paice — 2016 Performers with Deep Purple
• John Bonham — 1995 Performers with Led Zeppelin
• Lee Loughnane — 2016 Performers with Chicago
• 10 more inductees share this card.

FAQ

What is Paul Butterfield's birth card?

The Ace of Clubs. December 17 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 Paul Butterfield's dates come from?

Birth date 1942-12-17 is the day-precision date on Paul Butterfield'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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