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.
When Leo Fender realized in the 1940s that he could improve old-school hollow-bodied instruments with the use of a simple solid-body design, he made big plans to alter the way guitars would be made in the future. Fender has been changing the way we make music since they introduced the first Telecaster guitar in 1951.As one of today's most recognized electric guitar brands, Fender sums it up best themselves with this message: Playing a Fender isn't just what you do, it's who you are..hen Leo Fender realized in the 1940s that he could improve old-school hollow-bodied instruments with the use of a simple solid-body design, he made big plans to alter the way guitars would be made in the future. Fender has been changing the way we make music since they introduced the first Telecaster guitar in 1951.