Louis Cennamo

Louis Cennamo (born 5 March 1946, London) was bass guitarist with an early line up of The Herd, the original line-up of Renaissance (4) and later Colosseum, Steamhammer, Armageddon (6) and Illusion (24) (the reformed original Renaissance (4)). He's credited as being the creator of the 'electric bowed bass guitar'. He also worked with Jim McCarty in Stairway (2). The song "Bullet", on the first Renaissance (4) album, includes an extended unaccompanied bass solo by Cennamo. For a number of years Louis has played jazz with a variety of line-ups, most recently with Special Edition.