Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Leslie McKewen ma Nowemapa 12, 1955 ma Edinburgh (Scotland). ʻO Irish kona mau mākua. ʻO ke kiʻekiʻe o ka mea leo leo he 173 cm, ʻo ka hōʻailona o ka zodiac ʻo Scorpio.
Loaʻa i kēia manawa nā ʻaoʻao i nā ʻoihana pūnaewele kaulana, hoʻomau i ka hana mele. Ua male ʻo ia, noho ʻo ia me kāna wahine a me kāna keikikāne ma Lākana, ke kapikala o Great Britain. ʻO nā ʻano nui o ka mea pena he pop, glam rock, pop rock.
I ka wā o ka Bay City Rollers
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Leslie McKewen i kāna ʻoihana ma ka Bay City Rollers ma 1969-1979. I nā makahiki nui loa, ʻo ia ka mea hoʻokani leo o ka hui.
Ma ka makahiki 1975, ua kaulana loa ka hui ma Beretania, aka, ua pau ka hype a puni lakou e like me ka hoomaka ana.
I ka makahiki 1978, ua kapa hou ʻia ka inoa ʻo Bay City Rollers ʻo The Rollers a ua hoʻololi i kāna line-up, akā ʻaʻole kēia i haʻalele i nā mea pena i ka nalu o ka kaulana a me ka ʻike;
Loaʻa i kēia hui nā album 9 i kāna hōʻaiʻē, ua hoʻokuʻu hou ʻia kekahi o lākou ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau a me Iapana. Ua mālama nā mele mele a Rollin' a me Once Upon A Star i ka hui ma luna o 99 pule.
ʻAʻole i ʻike nā kānaka a pau ʻo THE SAXONS ka inoa mua o ka hui, ma hope wale nō o ka inoa o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Bay City, ua lawe ka hui i ka inoa kamaʻāina ʻo Bay City Rollers.
ʻO Bye Bye Baby (kekahi o nā mea kākau ʻo McKewen) i lilo i mele ākea loa o ka hui, ʻo ka kūleʻa moʻolelo i lawe i nā mea hoʻokani pila i ka pae honua a ʻae i ka hui Scottish e neʻe i USA. Mai laila mai, hoʻomaka ka mākaʻikaʻi honua o nā mea pena kiʻi.
ʻO ka hōʻike mua ʻana o McKewen ma ke ʻano he lālā o ka hui ma ka Saturday Night Live, kahi hōʻikeʻike ʻAmelika i mālama ʻia e Howard Kosel.
I mea e hoʻomanaʻo ai i ko lākou holomua ponoʻī, ua hoʻokuʻu ka poʻe mele i ke mele i ka Pōʻaono, i komo i ka poʻokela o ʻAmelika.
ʻO ka mea kaulana o ka poʻe pena kiʻi, ʻo ia ka hele ʻana i ke kahua me nā kilt - nā lole kāne Scottish kūloko, me nā ʻulaʻula maʻamau.
He lālā ʻo Leslie o ka hui a hiki i ka makahiki 1978, ma hope mai ua loli ka haku mele o nā mea komo, a ua hele nā mea hoʻokani i ko lākou ala ponoʻī. Me ka haʻalele ʻana o McKewen mai ka hui, ʻaʻole hiki i nā lālā ke loaʻa nā mea hana no lākou iho, no ka mea, ua emi iho ka ʻae ʻana o ka lehulehu.
Ma waho o ka hui
Ua hoʻomau ka poʻe Rollers i kā lākou huakaʻi me ka ʻole o Leslie, me Breakout (a nā lālā i koe i mākaʻikaʻi ai i ka 1980s a me 1990s) i kākau ʻia e McKewen.
Ua hoihoi mau ʻo Leslie i ka wahine ʻē, ʻo kāna ʻano hīmeni a me kāna mau hiʻohiʻona pāʻani maikaʻi no kāna kiʻi.
I nā makahiki, ua lanakila ʻo ia i ka waiʻona a me ka hoʻohui i ka lāʻau. Ua hoʻomaka lākou e ʻike i nā makahiki lanakila o ka Bay City Rollers. I kēia manawa ua lanakila ʻo McKewen i kāna mau maʻi.
Ua loaʻa iā ia kāna hoʻoikaika ʻana ma ke ʻano o ke alakaʻi o ka National Party Scottish Nicola Sturgeon.
Ua hoʻokani 'o ia i nā hanana TV he ʻumikūmālua kahi āna i hoʻokani ai i ke kuleana nona iho ("Time Shift", "Beyond Music", "Free Women", etc.).
Ua komo ʻo ia i ka hana o ka pāʻani "The Scottish Army" ma ke kono pilikino a ke alakaʻi Scottish Sen McCluskey.
I Malaki 2007, ʻeono mau lālā o ka hui (ka "classic line-up") i hoʻolaha i ka hana kānāwai e kūʻē iā Arista Records, me ka manaʻo e hoʻihoʻi i ka mea a lākou i wehewehe ai he ʻumi miliona mau kālā i uku ʻole ʻia.
I Kepakemapa 2015, ua hoʻolaha ʻo Leslie McKewen, Alan Longmuir a me Stuart Wood i ko lākou manaʻo e hui hou e pāʻani i Glasgow Barrowlands i Dekemaba o kēlā makahiki.
Hana hana
Ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana i ka hui, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Leslie i kahi ʻoihana solo, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo ia i ke mele All Washed Up, ʻaʻole i hauʻoli i ka makemake kaulana. Ma kahi kokoke i 10 mau makahiki ma hope o kēlā, noho ʻo McKewen ma waho o ke mele, e noho ana ma Edinburgh.
I ka hopena o 1980s, ua puka mai ʻo Leslie mai kahi hoʻomaha a hoʻomaka i kāna hui pū me Dieter Bohlen.
ʻO kēia wili o ka hopena i ʻae iā ia e komo hou i nā mele mele, ua hiki kāna mele ʻo She's a Lady i nā pae kūʻai kiʻekiʻe. Ua lilo kāna mele i poʻo inoa o ka moʻo Rivalen der Rennbahn.
He hana maikaʻi ka hui pū ʻana me Bohlen, no ka mea, ua like ka leo o lāua a me ke ʻano o ka hana. Ua hoʻāʻo lāua ʻelua e haʻalele i ko Leslie i hala a lawe i ka hanu hou o ka kaulana mele hou, akā naʻe ʻaʻole i ʻae ke kaomi o ka piʻi ʻana i hala.
ʻIke ʻia ʻo Bohlen i nā mele hula, kūpono loa ia no ke kani o Leslie.
I ka makahiki 1989, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka album solo ʻO ia he pāʻani, nona nā mele ʻewalu. ʻO ka hapalua o nā mele a Leslie i kākau ʻia e ia iho, a ʻo ka hapa e kāna mea hana ʻo Dieter Bohlen. Me ka inoa like i ka makahiki 1977, ua hoʻokuʻu ka Bay City Rollers i kahi album a ʻo Leslie ka mea mele.
Ma ke ʻano he mea pena kiʻi hoʻokahi, ua hoʻokō ʻo Leslie i kāna kūleʻa nui loa ma Iapana, no ʻEulopa, ʻaʻohe hopena o kāna mele.
Loaʻa i ka mea pena kiʻi he 8 mau mele mele i kāna arsenal, ka mea hope loa i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma 2016.
He hui hou
Ua hōʻuluʻulu ʻo McKewen i kahi laina hou i ka makahiki 1991, a ua hana hou ʻo ia i nā hits mai ka Bay City Rollers me nā hopena a me nā hoʻonohonoho hou.
I ka hopena o 1990s o ke kenekulia i hala, me ka hui pū ʻana me nā mea hoʻokani mele ʻo Lākana, ua hoʻopiha ʻia ka laina hou me nā mea pilikino.
