Tom Hamilton's Birth Card: The Joker

In the record

Thomas William Hamilton (born December 31, 1951) is an American musician and songwriter who serves as the bassist for the hard rock bands Aerosmith and Close Enemies. The birth-card coordinate for December 31 is the Joker — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 2001 Performers with Aerosmith induction.

Rock Hall record

• 2001 Performers — inducted member of Aerosmith

The Joker coordinate

Tom Hamilton's birthday maps to the Joker (The Joker: The December 31 Birth Card). 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 Tom Hamilton. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: In a common year, 364 dates map to one of the 52 cards and December 31 resolves to the Joker. A leap year adds February 29, which maps normally to the 9 of Clubs. We state both edge cases plainly — the system is more useful when the public explanation matches the calculator.

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Tom Hamilton in the public record

Hamilton has regularly co-written songs for Aerosmith, including two of the band's biggest successes: "Sweet Emotion" (1975) and "Janie's Got a Gun" (1989). Hamilton occasionally plays guitar (e.g. "Uncle Salty", "Sick as a Dog"), sings backing vocals (e.g. "Love in an Elevator") and on rare occasions, lead vocals ("Up On the Mountain"). He was a 2001 inductee in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Aerosmith. Hamilton was born to George and Betty Hamilton in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He has an older brother named Scott, an older sister named Perry, and a younger sister named Cecily. His father was a United States Air Force pilot in World War II and his mother was a housewife.

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

Also on the record

1. Hamilton initially played guitar and was taught at age 12 by his older brother Scott.
2. He switched to bass when he was 14 due to an open position in a local band.
3. Later, Hamilton was in several bands with future Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry and David "Pudge" Scott.
4. One of the bands was simply called "The Jam Band." It was at a Jam Band gig in the summer of 1970 at a venue named "The Barn" in Sunapee, New Hampshire that the group met Steven Tyler.

Other inductees with this card

• Andy Summers — 2003 Performers with The Police
• Donna Summer — 2013 Performers
• Pete Quaife — 1990 Performers with The Kinks

FAQ

What is Tom Hamilton's birth card?

The Joker. December 31 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 Tom Hamilton's dates come from?

Birth date 1951-12-31 is the day-precision date on Tom Hamilton'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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