Any Chicago (band) Fans Here?

[Coach Steve]

Check out this Chicago tribute band from Russia. These guys are outstanding! One of the absolute best cover bands on the planet, without question. They deliver spot on reproductions of every song they play.


Check out the guitarist's note-for-note duplication of Terry Kath's work on their cover of 25 or 6 to 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_torOTK5qc


Great Robert Lamm vocal cover by the guitarist and great harmonies as well on Questions 67 and 68
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKzOjRKqY0Q


Again, outstanding guitar work and incredible Pete Cetera sound alike on vocals here doing Beginnings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kQ1llzPiB4


Exact reproduction in every way of If You Leave Me Now
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ_j4Ytecgg



A little background on the band...
They're called Leonid & Friends. Leonid Vorobyev, the bass player, is a professor of music at the Moscow Univ. for the Performing Arts and is an arranger, producer, writer and music supervisor who has scored numerous movies and plays in Russia. He assembled the best musicians amongst his students to create the quintessential Chicago cover band as a tribute to his favorite band. He arranges all of the parts for each instrument then records the various sections separately. Once recorded, he then edits and compiles the video/audio recordings together and produces the videos he submits to his Youtube channel. Amazingly talented individual! They replicate the songs true to the way they were recorded and take no liberties in their performances.
Among the musicians featured is an outstanding and very gifted young guitarist/vocalist named Sergey Kashirin. Additionally, featured is the Kremlin string orchestra and the beautiful and talented Ksenia Buzina, a very well known Russian contemporary vocalist.

Not too shabby for a group of individuals who don't speak English!

Check out all of their covers at Leonid's Youtube channel:
YouTube

[Misterpaul]

Love, love, love the original Chicago, the later stuff...not so much...no, not at all.

[Coach Steve]

Be sure to check out the other videos posted by them. They do a few deeeeeeeeep cuts as well.

[dlc95]

Loved Danny Seraphine as a drummer, and dug all of their Cetera era stuff. I grew up on the cheesy early 80's Hard To Say I'm Sorry, You're The Inspiration, etc.

[RTexasF]

Love the original Chicago and the tribute group linked to above. It's uncanny how good they are. Thanks Coach.

[JKDesign]

I have been following these guys on Facebook for a couple of years now! Absolutely love the talent that they showcase!!

[Frank70]

I agree with MisterPaul. I liked the original Chicago stuff. Had all the albums. Currently have quite a few of the originals on my Ipod. Didn't like the later music though. Watched one of the videos posted but will watch more later this evening. They really sounded GREAT!!

[ducksfan]

So now the Russians are infiltrating the US music scene. I bet they've hacked Kassy Kassum's top 40 and changed the order.

[Coleroad]

Yup, when peter cetera left, Chicago wasn't the same.

[PaulMys]

When they were known as the "Chicago Transit Authority", yes.