Michael John Cloete Crawford Rutherford born 2 October 1950 is an English guitarist bassist and songwriter who cofounded the rock band Genesis in 1967 Rutherford and keyboardist Tony Banks are the groups two continuous members Initially serving as Genesiss bass guitarist and backing vocalist Rutherford also performed most of the bands rhythm guitar partsfrequently on twelvestring guitarin collaboration with successive Genesis lead guitarists Anthony Phillips and Steve Hackett Following Hacketts departure from Genesis in 1977 Rutherford assumed the additional role of the lead guitarist on the bands 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 bands 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 charttopping 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
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