Prominent author and an American historian.
Dr. Scheweikart was born on April 21, 1951 in Mesa, AZ and lived in Higley, AZ, where his father Earl was a ranch foreman for the Daugherty Ranch. Earl was a rodeo roper and excellent horseman. In 1961, Earl died and LS moved with his mother, Eunice, to Chandler where he attended Chandler High School from 1964 to 1968. He then enrolled in Arizona State University in the Political Science Program.

Throughout high school and college, however, Dr. Scheweikart spent most of his time playing drums in a variety of rock bands, and in 1972 upon graduation he joined a band called "Goldmyne" led by John Tatum, formerly of the "Earwigs," which was the forerunner to "Alice Cooper." (Tatum has since gone on to a Christian music ministry in California). Tatum and his wife, Alice, currently a jazz singer in Phoenix, fleshed out the band with several other musicians and over a period of about two years the band played clubs in the Midwest, southwest, and Canada. When that group broke up, he played in several other groups before joining "Rampage," a southern-rock group that opened for "Steppenwolf," "Savoy Brown," and "Mother's Finest." The band cut several records, one of which had limited release and was reviewed by Billboard and Record World.

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