Leonid and Friends is a Chicago tribute band based in Moscow. They started as a YouTube band and now also tours. The band leader and founder is Leonid Vorobyev (b. 1957 in Moscow, Russia). Vorobyev is a multi-instrumentalist, a recording studio sound engineer and choir conductor by training at the East Siberian Institute of Culture. Vorobyev made his first Chicago video recording in 2014 of the song Brand New Love Affair. With former Kyiv, Ukraine vocalist Serge Tiagniryadno, Leonid and Friends YouTube videos have gone viral, with views in the millions. Leonid & Friends have recorded three Chicago tribute albums, titled Chicagovich. After touring in Russia, the band first toured the United States in 2019. In 2018, songs by Earth, Wind, & Fire, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Tower of Power and The Ides of March were added to the playlist. Leonid Vorobyev’s son, Roman Vorobyev (b.1991), is the band’s manager. The band’s setup features bass and lead guitar, drums, keyboards, saxophone, trumpet and trombone, with occasional flugelhorn, French horn, flute, metal clarinet, cello and violin and miscellaneous percussion. See for more.
25 or 6 to 4 – (Chicago cover)
I’m A Man – (Chicago cover)
Make Me Smile Chicago cover
Beginnings – (Chicago cover)
Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
Questions 67 & 68 (Chicago cover)
Feelin’ Stronger Every Day – (Chicago cover)
Street Player feat. Arturo Sandoval – (Chicago cover)
Hard to Say I’m Sorry/Get Away feat. Arkady Shilkloper – (Chicago cover)
If You Leave Me Now feat. Arkady Shilkloper – (Chicago cover)
Wishing You Were Here – feat Ksena (Chicago cover)