![]() I saw on the band’s facebook page that they posted a note to their American Friends on the 4th of July and dedicated their version of Saturday in the Park to commemorate the holiday. His words are so true: “You never know when the story will end…” Indeed! I bet performing Riding the Storm Out was amazing! That’s an awesome powerful song there… Glad to hear he’s going to join his old bandmates for their October reunion. I have always loved Chicago and it’s sad to hear that they’re just not the same anymore. They look like they really have fun rocking those great Chicago songs. I’m really enjoying this playlist and the show! I like to see the range of ages in the band members. And I really dig his police tap guitar strap! :) The main singer (I think it’s Serge?) is quite good too. The lead guitarist on 25 or 6 to 4 was amazing! It was so fun to watch him. Holy shit John! These guys are AWESOME! I’m blown away, truly. No, this is a labor of love as they say at the beginning of each video, “As a tribute to the one of the greatest bands in the world!” Here’s my playlist for this week. They’re not perfect (you hear the occasional Russian accent, and the arrangements are a little off in places), but that just proves that these aren’t musicians pretending to play and sing these songs while the original songs are piped in. So it’s just started over.☺īasically, these guys (and a few women) are doing this for, pardon the expression, shits and giggles, and have created something beautiful. What have I gotten into? I said Okay, Make Me Smile is the next! Now we have seven songs finished and four more songs in progression. When the first video (Brand New Love Affair) got so warm reception every participant told me – “let’s do the next one”. Step by step… and in the end it seemed good enough to call two guys with camera and shoot the video. I’ve started to make it just for myself and partly for my peers-musicians to encourage them, but later I saw everybody love it more and more. But they are my friends and I was strongly determined to drive the nail home. Every musician have a job and lack of time. The best way is to gather my friends for recording one of my favourite songs. That was my crazy idea – 2014’ fall I’ve reached a pension age – (60 in Russia) but I didn’t retire from business, I just decided to make something special to celebrate the date. Leonid tells us, on the band’s Facebook page… Leonid Vorobyev and a group of highly-talented and dedicated musicians from Russia have recreated the music of Chicago and have given it new life. What I heard brought me to tears, and no, I’m not just saying that. Now I’ve seen Leonid’s tribute videos pop up in my YouTube feed, but until this morning, I hadn’t taken the time to listen. Of course, there’s all kinds of arguments over that, but tucked in among the comments are people who have been saying that, if they want to hear a Chicago tribute band, they’d rather listen to Leonid & Friends. Dave, The Real Music Observer on YouTube, talks quite a bit about Chicago, recently expressing the opinion that the current lineup of the band, three original members (keyboardist Robert Lamm, trombonist Jim Pankow, and trumpeter Lee Loughnane) notwithstanding, is really nothing more than a tribute band. Other, more recent members have come and gone, and the sound is still there, albeit different ecause of all the changes. ![]() Recently, woodwinds player Walt Parazaider has had to stop touring due to bad health. There’s been quite a turnover in Chicago, with the death of guitarist Terry Kath, the departure of bassist Peter Cetera, and the unceremonious termination of drummer Danny Seraphine. I like to think I was the one who turned him on to Chicago, and he’s about as into them as I am. ![]() Don’t believe me? Ask Mark, a/k/a lecycliste, my closest friend from high school. I would spend hours in my room, playing their albums over and over, hanging on every note. When I was in high school, I loved the band Chicago.
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