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It's February 6th, 1958, at a high school in Hibbing, Minnesota.

The school's auditorium is packed with the entire student body and attendance for the coronation of the school's homecoming queen.

A full roster of performances is already underway. The students are watching on as the marching band plays.

Meanwhile, backstage, the next act prepares for their turn this spotlight.

These aspiring musicians are a group of awkward looking adolescents who have coined themselves the golden cords.

At the center of the band is a wiry boy with hair stuck up as high as possible.

This 16-year-old is Bob Zimmerman, a music fanatic obsessed with making it to the big time.

Eventually, his dream will come true after Bob finds fame as a singer-songwriter under the name of Bob Dylan.

But at Hibbing High School, Bob Zimmerman is somewhat of an outcast.

Still, he's managed to find a sense of belonging on stages like this one.

This is not his first school performance. He's presented several various iterations of his band in the past.

None of them have been warmly received by his peers, but Bob doesn't care. He just presses on.

While his bandmates tune their instruments, he tests a few cords on the school's decaying piano, preparing to open their set with a wild rendition of a song entitled Rock and Roll is Here to Stay.

As the marching band finishes their final piece, the auditorium erupts in applause.

But the clapping falters as the golden cords come on stage. The group of gauky teenagers immediately looks out of place.

But as always, Bob is undeterred by the whispers and laughter rippling through the auditorium.

Without hesitation, he nods to his drummer and kicks their performance into action. His head held high.

Even in his sleeping Midwest town, the nation's growing counter-culture and the music accompanying it had found their way to Bob Zimmerman.

Having already grown a disdain for authority and societies many mainstream establishments and norms, Bob has found his release in music, listening to artists like Elvis Presley and Little Richard and allowing them to inspire his own art.

His performance at Hibbing High School will show off all his passion and angst.

Growing so energetic and frenzied that he accidentally kicks the pedal off his school's piano, Bob will eventually have his mic cut and the curtains closed on him mid-song by his principal.

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