Mike Rutherford
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"Michael John Cleote Crawford "Mike" Rutherford" is an English musician. He is a founding member of Genesis (band)/Genesis and one of the band's only two constant members (the other is keyboardist Tony Banks (musician)/Tony Banks). He used his full name Michael Rutherford in credits on all the group's albums with Peter Gabriel.

Initially serving as Genesis' 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... 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.

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We have arrested several people over the last several years that had pistol permits or weapons in their possession when we arrested them for the abuse or the sexual assault.

Their officers are working 20 hours a day, and they were just worn out, ... They wanted to have some relief for their officers.

They're the class of the tournament.

I didn't want to send anyone down there on secondhand information.

I would feel horrible to think I had put my name on a pistol permit and allowed someone to carry around a gun and they committed another crime.

I'll tell you what ... this Connecticut team is the best hitting team we've faced and we knocked off the defending national champions (Nova Seafood). And they didn't hit bad pitching. They did the damage against two of my top guys (Ryan Arsenault and Malcolm Cone-Coleman). So you tip your cap.

I'm proud of you, ... I really appreciate you volunteering your time. Be very careful down there. You're the best in the state.

That (home run) was a backbreaker, ... It just deflated us.