EXPERT TO SPEAK ABOUT HISTORY OF ROCK 'N' ROLL.

Byline: Daily News

PALMDALE - Early rock 'n' roll, says John Goines, was a new form of communication: understandable to teenagers but not to their parents.

Parents in the 1950s thought the music was sinful, he said.

``That which we don't understand we try to destroy, because it takes too long to understand it,'' said Goines. ``Every song has a story line that the kids understand but the parents didn't, but most of all it had a beat.''

Goines, musical director for Dick Clark's ``Good Old Rock and Roll Show'' since 1977, will show video clips and lecture on ``The History of Rock 'n' Roll'' at 7:30 tonight at the Palmdale Playhouse.

``I just think that we underestimate the power of what we created over here. One of the top five creations for this country is rock 'n' roll. There's nothing more duplicated than rock 'n' roll.''

To Goines, the first rock 'n' roll recording put out by the music industry was ``Shake, Rattle and Roll,'' recorded in 1954 by Big Joe Turner.

Rock 'n' roll music was derived from rhythm and blues music but the name was changed so it would be more acceptable to white listeners, he said.

``It really comes from black gospel music. It was Allan Freed that named it rock 'n' roll: it was really rhythm and blues,'' said Goines, who has performed with rock greats including Ike and Tina Turner, Del Shannon, Fats Domino and Little Richard, and was the musical director for Bo Diddley, Freddie Cannon, Chuck Berry, the Coasters, Mary Wells, Little Anthony and the Shirelles.

Goines plays drums and keyboard and sings. He has lived in Palmdale for 11 years but works in Valencia as the operations manager for Dick Clark's archives, managing television and movie sets, memorabilia and contracts.

Originally from New Orleans, Goines has been married for 30 years to his wife, Pat, and they have two grown sons.

``I used to pass through Palmdale and say, What did these people do to God to make him put them here, and now I'm living here and I love it,'' said Goines, who also coaches youth sports and has a music program in local schools called ``Blues in the Schools'' through which he raises money to buy musical instruments.

Tickets are $7 each. To purchase tickets, call the Palmdale Playhouse at [phone] or go to www.cityofpalmdale.org. The Playhouse is located at 38334 10th St. E.