Mike Rutherford, Genesis stalwart and semi-frontman of Mike & The Mechanics and their producer Chris Neil have just spilled the beans to The Guardian regarding the creation of All I Need Is A Miracle, one of their biggest hits.
It turns out that the combo of pop producer Neil – who’d cut his teeth crafting hits for such lightweight fare as Sheena Easton and Dollar – and Rutherford – the lanky, hairy, curmudgeonly prog backbone for Genesis – was all the work of the band’s publishing company. “They thought the two of us – the yin and yang – would do well together. And they were right. We hit it off immediately,” explains Neil.
