Louis Cennamo
| Louis David Cennamo | |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 March 1946 London, England |
| Genres | Rock, blues, blues rock, rock and roll, psychedelic rock, hard rock, Progressive Rock |
| Instruments | Bass, bowed bass, guitar |
| Years active | 1962-present |
| Labels | Pye Records, Parlophone Records, Elektra Records, Island Records, A&M Records |
| Associated acts | Rod Stewart, Jimmy Powell, The Herd, Peter Frampton, James Taylor, Renaissance, Colosseum, Steamhammer, Armageddon, Illusion |
Louis David Cennamo is a prominent English bass guitarist, whose lengthy career has included extensive recording and touring with a number of important British rock/blues/progressive bands.
Cennamo left school at 16 and undertook his earliest important musical project (1962–65) as a founding member of the popular London-based blues/rock band, Jimmy Powell And The 5 Dimensions. The band also included guitarist Gary Leport (formerly of The Moontrekkers and more recently with The Plonkers), and a young Rod Stewart was also a member for the better part of 1963. They signed a recording deal with Pye Records and released "That's Alright" (written by Powell) as a single in June 1964, and were also hired to provide backing for Jamaican singer Millie Small on her recording of "My Boy Lollipop" (which was a #2 hit in both the UK and the US, selling upwards of 6 million copies). In June 1964, The 5 Dimensions appeared on the bill at the All Night Rave at the Alexandra Palace with headlining act The Rolling Stones (as well as Alexis Korner, John Lee Hooker and John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers), and they further galvanized their place in rock and roll history with performances on Granada TV (with Sonny Boy Williamson and Sister Rosetta Tharpe), Ready Steady Go! and Thank Your Lucky Stars. In 1965, the band was asked to back up Chuck Berry on both his Chuck Berry in London LP and on his three-week tour of England - other acts on the tour included The Moody Blues, Long John Baldry, and The Graham Bond Organization (who at the time included Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker and Dick Heckstall-Smith).
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