People usually think this song is about: Being uber patriotic. But it's really about: Casting a critical and mournful eye on America and its involvement in war. Listen to the opening chords of this Springsteen rock classic and you can't help but have visions of patriotic fist-bumping on the Fourth of July.
In 1972, at age 18, Bob Taylor began working at American Dream, a guitar making shop owned by Sam Radding, where Kurt Listug was already an employee. When Radding decided to sell the business in 1974, Taylor, Listug, and Schemmer bought American Dream and renamed it the Westland Music Company.
PRS Guitars is an American guitar manufacturer headquartered in Stevensville, Maryland, founded by luthier Paul Reed Smith in 1985. PRS Guitars established a reputation as a manufacturer of high-end electric guitars made in the United States, particularly their custom shop instruments. Since the 1990s, PRS has expanded production to Asia, where they manufacture the lower-priced 'SE' line of instruments. As of 2013, they have begun making more affordable guitars in the United States with their