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Mike Rutherford
Michael John Cloete Crawford Rutherford (born 2 October 1950) is an English guitarist, bassist, and songwriter who co-founded the rock band Genesis in 1967. Rutherford and keyboardist Tony Banks are the group's two continuous members.
Initially serving as Genesis's bass guitarist and backing vocalist, Rutherford also performed most of the band's rhythm guitar parts—frequently on twelve-string guitar—in collaboration with successive Genesis lead guitarists Anthony Phillips and Steve Hackett. Following Hackett's departure from Genesis in 1977, Rutherford assumed the additional role of the lead guitarist on the band's studio albums (beginning with ...And Then There Were Three... in 1978). Rutherford was one of the main Genesis songwriters throughout their career and wrote the lyrics for some of the band's biggest international hits, such as "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 chart-topping act and significant 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 Grammys.
As actor
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition)
Genesis | The Last Domino?
Mike + The Mechanics | Live in Berlin 2017
Neil McCormick's Needle Time with Mike Rutherford
Rick Wakeman on Vivaldi's Four Seasons
Genesis: Together and Apart
Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall
Fathers and Songs: Music for Father's Day
The Mechanic
Genesis: Behind the Music and in Their Own Words
London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music
Mike and the Mechanics - Live in Warburg 2011
Genesis | Live... Tonight
A Concert by the Lake
Prog Rock Britannia
Prog Rock at the BBC
Genesis: When in Rome 2007
Genesis | Members Only DVD
Genesis | Come Rain or Shine
Genesis | Live in Düsseldorf
Mike and the Mechanics - Video Collection
Genesis: Up Close and Personal
Genesis: Turning It on Again
Genesis Raindrops Over Hamburg
Band Du Lac: A Concert By The Lake
Band Du Lac: One Night Only Live
Genesis: Total Rock Review
Genesis: The Video Show
Mike + the Mechanics + Paul Carrack - Live at Shepherds Bush London
Inside Genesis: The Gabriel Years 1970-1975