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.
The Telecaster was first introduced in 1951 with a number of changes made in the 1952 version. The Vintage â52 Tele is one of Fenderâs American Vintage Series guitars. The original â52 version had an all maple neck (which this guitar has) and the serial number stamped on the ashtray bridge.