Michael John Cloete Crawford Rutherford (born 2 October 1950) is an English guitarist, bassist and songwriter, best known as co‑founder, lead guitarist and bassist of the rock band Genesis. He and keyboardist Tony Banks are the group’s two continuous members. Rutherford initially served as Genesis’s bass guitarist and backing vocalist, while also performing most of the band’s rhythm guitar parts—often on twelve‑string guitar—in collaboration with lead guitarists Anthony Phillips and Steve Hackett. After Hackett left the band in 1977, Rutherford took on the additional role of lead guitarist for Genesis’s studio albums, beginning with …And Then There Were Three… (1978). Throughout Genesis’s career, Rutherford was one of the band’s principal songwriters and wrote the lyrics for several of their major international hits, including “Follow You Follow Me”, “Turn It On Again”, “Land of Confusion” and “Throwing It All Away”. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis in 2010. In addition to his work with Genesis, Rutherford released two solo albums in the early 1980s. In 1985, he formed Mike + the Mechanics, which became a successful chart act and a strong live draw in its own right. The group earned Rutherford an Ivor Novello Award for the 1988 single “The Living Years”, as well as two Grammy nominations.
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