The band is awesome. Their horns are tight! As an added bonus, Ksenia Buzina the female back-up is extremely easy on the eyes. I'm seeing them live on Monday June 6th at Jergel's Rhythm Grille in Warrendale, PA after sitting on the tickets for ~2 years due to Coivd cancellations.
June 04, 2022, 06:08 AM
lastmanstanding
Ran across them awhile back myself and posted here. Excellent band. Leonoids guitar work on Chicago's 25 or 6 to 4 is almost indistinguishable from Terry Kath's original. The song that introduced me to them was their cover of September by Earth Wind and Fire. A song that makes the top ten of my all time favorites and they do a heck of a job covering it.
"Fixed fortifications are monuments to mans stupidity" - George S. Patton
June 07, 2022, 08:08 AM
hjs157
I saw the band live last evening in Warrendale, PA. Even with a number of newer musicians in the line up, they were awesome. They played for 2 1/2 hours with a short intermission and covered most of the Chicago staples. Made me smile.
June 07, 2022, 08:36 AM
erj_pilot
^^^^^^ I see what you did there…
I’ve appreciated their talents from afar for a number of years now. Their Chicago and EW&F covers are phenomenal!
"If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones; you take the tough ones too…” – MAJ Richard D. Winters (1918-2011), E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24
June 08, 2022, 07:23 AM
Dad250
Another vote for Leonid and Friends ! They have been touring the states and playing smaller venues with great success .
Check out the fat horn sound and very tight execution of Feeling Stronger Everyday
Been an EWF fan since the mid 70s and am impressed by this band.
Saw the “revival” touring EWF former guitarist, Al McCay?, band a couple of years ago in Buenos Aires and they were nowhere as good. Also saw EWF at the peak of their popularity and was impressed as the whole band played, jumped and danced the entire show. Personally, i’m more fond of the early afro/jazzy stuff (Gratitude being their first period peak, IMO) than the commercial stuff that followed. But they kept me real happy and please until the September album days.
Was really upset with Phil Collins when he started picking up pieces of EWF for his own benefit. His producing days (Clapton, Bailey) were no joy for me.
