Forrest City Joe ( She used to be beautiful but) She lived her life too fast

From Alan Lomax s Sounds of the south, The roots of the blues. Sung and played on harmonica by Forrest City Joe with Sonny Boy Rogers on guitar and Thomas Martin on guitar. Blues harpist Forest City Joe was heavily influenced by John Lee Sonny Boy Williamson. He not only played like him, but sang like him as well. Unlike his idol, however, who was murdered on June 1, 1948, Joe lived long enough to record for the Chess brothers in the early days of their activities, when Chess was known as Aristocrat.