Leonid & Friends

Leonid & Friends is a Russian tribute act for the band Chicago. Leonid & Friends was founded in 2014 by Leonid Vorobyev. His "friends" are a mix of talented musicians and singers who have collaborated with Leonid on his project.
Vorobyev creates transcribes the arrangements by ear, listing to the original tracks, with no other help. https://www.pennlive.com/entertainment/2019/07/how-the-whim-of-a-moscow-music-producer-created-a-chicago-cover-band-made-of-russians-leonid-friends.html
Leonid & Friends recorded additional videos and gained a worldwide following and over 50 million video views on YouTube and Facebook. https://www.youtube.com/c/LeonidVorobyevandfriends/about
Enthusiastic fan demand has led to a multiple successful US concert tours. The 2021 tour is scheduled to begin in April.
== Documentary videos ==
* Leonid & Friends: The Story So Far
* Leonid & Friends: Behind the Music
== Members ==
http://www.noise11.com/news/leonid-vorobyev-takes-the-music-of-chicago-and-earth-wind-fire-to-russian-audiences-20181113
* Leonid Vorobyev – vocal, synth, piano, bass, transcript of the musical source, producing, mixing, mastering
* Vasily Akimov –vocal
* Igor Javad-Zade – drums
* Sergey Kashirin – guitar, vocal
* Andrey Zyl – trumpet, flugelhorn
* Maxim Likhachev – trombone
* Alexandr Michurin – trombone
* Konstantin Gorshkov – sax
* Oleg Kudryavtsev – sax
* Vladimir Osinsky – piano (special guest)
* Vladimir Popov – flute, sax, percussion
* Serge Tiagniryadno (Kiev, Ukraine) – vocal, guitar
* Vlad Senchillo – keybords, backing-vocal
* Ksenia Buzina – backing-vocal
* Dmitry Maximov – ex-bass
* Alexey Batychenko – ex-trumpet & flugelhorn
Most of the players are from the Moscow area, others are from Ukraine, Moldova, and Belarus http://www.philtraynor.com/blog/leonid-friends-chicagovich
== History ==
=== Founding ===
=== First Videos ===
=== First Live Performances (Moscow) ===
* January 27, 2018, Igor Butman Jazz Club 
* 2018, Yota Arena. U.S. ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman played keyboards with Leonid & Friends at the Yota Arena in Moscow. Together, they performed Chicago’s 1972 hit, “Saturday in the Park.” https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/music/story/2019-08-07/russias-top-chicago-cover-band-leonid-and-friends-back-in-the-usa
=== Facebook Groups ===
=== More Videos ===
=== Demand for US Tours ===
=== Search for Promoter and Venues ===
=== US Tours ===
During the 2019 US Tour, Leonid & Friends performed live on NBC TV Chicago: link
=== Tour Book ===
=== Tour Cancellations due to Covid19 ===
=== 2021 Tour Plans ===
== Tours ==
=== 2019 ===
==== Tour 1 ====
New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Florida, and more https://www.dailynews.com/2019/01/11/how-a-group-of-guys-from-moscow-became-an-internationally-renowned-chicago-tribute-band/ https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/back-in-the-ussa-leonid-and-friends-arrive-in-america-300771634.html
==== Tour 2 ====
22 stops in 13 states.https://triblive.com/local/westmoreland/chicago-cover-band-from-russia-comes-to-greensburg/ List needed
==== Tour 3 ====
list needed
== Discography == 
http://www.philtraynor.com/blog/leonid-friends-chicagovich
==In the media==
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== References ==
==External links==
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* Leonid & Friends – Lowell Summer Music Series
* CANCELLED- Leonid & Friends - The Senate Columbia
* Leonid & Friends: How the whim of a Moscow music producer
* Leonid & Friends - Chicagovich - Amazon.com Music
Category:Musical groups established in 2014
Category:Russian rock music groups
Category:Tribute bands
Category:Russian musical groups
Category:Musicians from Russia
Category:Musical groups from Moscow