What if Bob was one of us? Bluesy roadhouse belter Joan Osborne, best known for the insidiously catchy “One of Us,” will answer that musical question at the Belly Up on October 29, when she performs a full set of Bob Dylan music. The last time an Osborne single charted in the U.S. (or pretty much anywhere else) was in 1996 with “St. Teresa.” None of the eight albums she’s released since 2002 (including a Christmas album and a compilation inevitably titled One of Us) have cracked the Billboard top 100. As a result, her Dylan project was launched with a PledgeMusic crowd-funding campaign swapping tribute-album donations for goodies like signed vinyl, handwritten and signed lyric sheets, custom voicemail messages, and even a private acoustic house concert.

“Bob has been a tremendous inspiration, and I’ve been lucky enough to record with him and to sing onstage with him when I toured with the Dead,” says Osborne on her funding page. “After getting a chance to do an all-Dylan show during a two week residency in NYC, I decided now is the time to make this album.” Her history with Dylan goes all the way back to her 1995 debut Relish, which included her take on “Man in the Long Black Coat.” She’s been doing the tribute concerts for around a year now, usually including numbers from throughout Dylan’s career, all well suited for her evocative and road-weary vocals, such as “Highway 61,” “Gotta Serve Somebody,” “Forever Young,” “Dark Eyes,” and “Love Sick.”