>>>It IS in reference to Ché Guevara, but not so that you'd know it. The whole album is organized as a flowing listening experience, which explains why the YouTube samplings have abrupt cut-offs. USA was an experiment conceived by Joseph Byrd to record a rock album with musicians who had no background in rock music, with all the contributors coming from folk, classical and avantgarde backgrounds. They were sort of the West Coast Velvet Underground; in fact, Nico supposedly applied to perform with them after leaving the Velvets, but the USA already had a great gal singer.<<<<br />
Thanks Tim, I did not know that. That "great gal singer" was obviously Dorothy Moskowitz, whom Wikipedia cites as having moved on to join Country Joe McDonald's All-Star Band after the USA disbanded.

The process is reversing itself!