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Sligo River Blues was recorded in a church in Maryland by a 20-year-old Fahey, who named the three-minute acoustic piece after Sligo Creek, a small river near where he grew up in Takoma Park, Maryland. Written for solo guitar the piece is a repeating cycle based on first, fourth, and fifth notes. Broken down it appears simple, if not repetitious. But it can assume a dynamic of its own when played, shifting from a series of notes to a melody to a mantra.