Article: IF YOU NAME IT, BOOGIE BOB PLAYS IT MUSICIAN TAKES REQUESTS WITH A SMOOTH STYLE THAT MAKES EVEN ``FREE BIRD'' FLY.(CAROLINA COAST)

Leave it to Boogie Bob, a musician with a sense of adventure and humor, to perform a cover version of the dreaded classic-rock song ``Free Bird'' without playing a single squeaming guitar lick.

The innovative guitarist/singer/keyboardist loves to juggle genres. On his reworking of the Southern rock anthem, he handles Lynyrd Skynyrd's music with an engaging and witty mix of blues, country and rock.

``People are not tired of the song,'' says Bob, who divides his time between Florida and the Outer Banks. ``But they're tired of the way it's done.''

Last Sunday on the Carolinian's oceanfront deck, the fortysomething musician gave a late-afternoon ...

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