Several local musicians are branching into familiar territory paying homage to longtime inspiration Bob Dylan with their latest project, The Dylan Tree.

The band performs at the Boston Manor on Saturday, Nov. 29.

The Dylan Tree is comprised of five Canadian recording artists long established in their respective musical careers and encompasses the music of Dylan from the 1960s to the present.

“It was an idea I had floating in my head and all of us had success with any number of bands,” said Richard Kahl. “We all shared a common admiration for the music of Bob Dylan. We had grown up listening to it so we decided to put our own spin on it.

“We’re not a tribute band. We’ve seen the progression of the tribute band phenomenon but we wanted to do it without the impersonation aspect,” he said. “We wanted to go out to sing and play the music and perhaps interpret it our own way.”

The Dylan Tree formed in 2006 and played its first show in Toronto on Dylan’s birthday (May 24).

The band consists of Kahl, guitar, mandolin, harmonica and vocals, Doug Inglis, drums and vocals, Paul Martin, guitar and vocals, Martin Aucoin, keyboards and vocals, and Matt Greenberg, bass guitar and vocals.

The group’s collective musical experience spans decades and incl- udes everything from commercials to world wide performances.

“We do it because we love it and we know all of us would love to see somebody do this kind of music. People want to hear it done as nobody else is doing it,” explained Kahl. “The Dylan Tree is a collection of virtuoso instrumentalists and vocalists; it’s part of the reason these members were chosen because each is good enough not to require a hideous amount of rehearsal. We all can play.”

All members sing the music, often working together in harmony or alternating verses in a song.

The band doesn’t cover Dylan material in an exact format. Often The Dylan Tree will perform another band’s version of his music.

“All the songs we play are written by Dylan but we may interpret it like other artists,” said Kahl. “We do the Byrds’ version of Mr. Tambourine Man and a hybrid mix of Jimi Hendrix and Dylan in All Along the Watchtower. Dylan bores very easily, so he himself will play a song one way one night and another way the next. So with some songs we do our own treatments and have several ways to play one song.”

Kahl has seen Dylan perform live, although he admitted that despite his strong enjoyment of the songs and lyrics, he found the performance boring.

He keeps that in mind when bringing Dylan music to audiences.

“A number of people believe to see Dylan music would be cerebral but we take this music and try to be entertaining,” said Kahl. “We’re a very creative band. The primary thing I enjoy about Dylan music is the fact that there is so much of it and very eclectic in that it draws from a lot of influences, such as folk, rock, blues, swing.

“No matter which element (Dylan) decides to use, the combination of music and his words are always interesting. It’s never boring, which is how we like to make this show.”