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Mike Rutherford

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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. 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 lead guitarist on the band's studio albums (beginning with ...And Then There Were Three... Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mike Rutherford is the 722nd most popular musician (down from 634th in 2019), the 2,301st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,899th in 2019) and the 146th most popular British Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Mike Rutherford ranks 722 out of 3,175. Before him are Damon Albarn, Jan Akkerman, Pierre Rode, Peter Hammill, Napoleon Orda, and Howard Jones. After him are Walter Gieseking, Robert Gordon, Giovanni Sgambati, Michael Stipe, Lonnie Johnson, and Louis Prima.

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Among people born in 1950, Mike Rutherford ranks 198. Before him are Annelie Ehrhardt, Adriano Panatta, Kathy Baker, Willy DeVille, Krzysztof Wielicki, and Angelo Branduardi. After him are Amos Gitai, Princess Elena of Romania, Kazimierz Nycz, Lenny Kuhr, David Duke, and Chung Sye-kyun.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mike Rutherford ranks 2,301 out of 8,785. Before him are Peter Hammill (1948), Miranda Richardson (1958), Howard Jones (1955), Ernest Bevin (1881), Tom Courtenay (1937), and John Stanley (1712). After him are Leonard Woolf (1880), Abhisit Vejjajiva (1964), John Morley (1838), Bob Wilson (1941), Roger Hunt (1938), and Richard Long (1945).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Mike Rutherford ranks 146. Before him are Stephen Morris (1957), David Knopfler (1952), Jim Lea (1949), Damon Albarn (1968), Peter Hammill (1948), and Howard Jones (1955). After him are Alex Turner (1986), Tim Rice (1944), Brian Bennett (1940), The Edge (1961), Mick Box (1947), and Allan Holdsworth (1946).

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