Spinning Wheel - Leonid & Friends (BS&T cover)

See you on our US Tour this Summer!
(link for the list of shows below)

В знак признательности одной из величайших групп на Земле!

Leonid Vorobyev – transcript of the musical source, bass, producing, mixing, mastering, video-montage
Vasily Akimov – lead vocal, harmonica
Igor Javad-Zade – drums
Sergey Kashirin – guitar
Vlad Senchillo – Ac. piano, synthesizer
Andrey Zyl – trumpet, svirel
Maxim Likhachev – trombone, zhaleyka
Oleg Kudryavtsev – tenor sax
Ilya Prokudin – trumpet, recorder
Vladimir Popov – baritone sax, pipe, cowbell
Serge Tiagnyriadno (Kiev, Ukraine) – recorder

Valent Osinsky – recording
Alexey Sedov & Kir Popov – video shooting
Special thanks to Vladimir Osinsky for the superb studio

Леонид Воробьев – расшифровка музыкального материала, бас-гитара, продюсирование, микс, мастеринг, видео-монтаж
Василий Акимов – вокал, губная гармоника
Игорь Джавад-заде – ударные
Сергей Каширин – гитара
Влад Сенчилло – рояль, синтезатор
Андрей Зыль – труба, свирель
Максим Лихачев – тромбон, жалейка
Олег Кудрявцев – тенор саксофон
Илья Прокудин – труба, блок-флейта
Владимир Попов – баритон саксофон, блок-флейта, ковбелл
Сергей Тягнирядно – блок-флейта

Валентин Осинский – звукорежиссер
Алексей Седов и Кирилл Попов – видеосъемка

Особая благодарность Володе Осинскому за великолепную студию

[LeonidVorobyevandfriends]

Hello friends!
If you would like to help support the band during these uneasy times, please click on the link below.
We appreciate all of your help and support!

[drew-shourd]

...as a 53 year old retired professional drummer, retired due to multiple back and feet surgeries...I gotta say that IGOR is an really dig this cat, so smooth and right on point, without over doing any and Friends is an awesome band and imo, Igor is the backbone....

[mousepd]

Absolute perfection
As an American musician and lead singer in a cover-tune band. You guys take on songs that hardly any of us here in the states would dare to try. THIS song is one of them. The ever changing time signature, trumpet solo, ending. Even the bands that originally played these songs would have to be impressed. Free U.S. Citizenship for all of you!

[jacquesmersereau]

That trumpet solo is not for the faint of heart. WOW! Nailed it!

[scottcassin]

The fact that the vocalists in all these vids are probably singing phonetically is simply hard to comprehend. And the audio quality is WAY beyond you’d expect to find for such a thing. Fabulous job!

[routephotographers]

I love Vasily Akimov's accent on this. It's completely changed how I will hear this song from now on.

[Samuel-I]

Not putting aside any of their astounding artistic abilities, but what amazes me continuously is Igor on that kit.
His performance on every cover is FLAWLESS.
If you don't, or haven't ever played, you won't appreciate the sheer difficulty in matching so many different drummers style, tempo, and rhythm.
He just does it.
ARTISTRY

[TraceyPruitt]

When you listen to other cover bands that play some of the same songs, you realize just how accurate and polished these folks are. The sound engineering, the back up vocals, the spot on tempos, are all very good. Wouldn't be surprised if the OG guys asked to sit in on their OWN songs! Thanks for keeping these tunes alive.

[bobgolfs]

Love the bit of Russian accent that comes through — speeening wheel! Makes it even more cool!

[rogertracylouisemilyhazelp]

What a great idea to cover Blood Sweat and Tears. Great fit for your band.

[jameswilliamson]

So...
I thought this was some Russians that got together for a jam session. I could not have been more wrong. Read the bios. These are ALL world class musicians! Every one of them! Keep up the great work!

[dan]

I never appreciated any of these songs until you guys covered them. No words can describe your talent.

[usp.]

I must say, I got chills when I heard you do this cover. I grew up in this era. I was listening to your Chicago covers, and they are great by the way. I said to my wife I bet they could do Blood Sweat and Tears really well. Then I found this. It brought teats to my eyes. Bravo!

This American loves you!

[naknaksdadn]

Blood, sweat and tears? Oh my y'all just blew my socks off!! Much love from Texas from one horn player to another!

[kennethmaese]

Imagine being in a band where everyone absolutely grooves on each other but also absolutely get on well with each other and are having a blast as well.

[CaptainQueue]

Lead trumpet player is a monster. Those original trumpet parts by the late Lew Soloff are insanely difficult and the trumpeter here played them flawlessly.

[ginnywilliams]

This was a flawless cover! More Blood, Sweat and Tears, please. Your Chicago covers are so amazing!

[robertkroberjr.]

I can't get enough of this band! Much love from USA😇🙏❤️

[robosborn]

Wow ! Done with precision and excellence that's awesome.

[warriorwithin]

I came across this group about a year ago watching their version of EW&F's September song. They nailed it to a T. I grew in the 70's listening to groups like Chicago, EW&F, The Doobie Bro, The Eagles, The Commodores, Bar Kays, Rose Royce, Santana just to name a few. You can hear the instruments they used in every songs. And now what do we have? A lot of rubbish until this group came along. It's what music was meant to sound like. Don't stop the music guys.