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

The school's auditorium is packed with the entire student body in 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 in the spotlight.

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

chords. 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 chords 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 chords come on stage.

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