Joe Stead (Born in Paddock Wood near Tunbridge Wells in Kent, 17 June 1941 – 28 March 2017) was an English folk singer.

He started singing folk songs in the early 1960's at his rugby club the Old Askeans in South East London. As a disciple of Pete Seeger he had discovered folk music in the late 1950’s visiting the many now infamous folk clubs that had sprung up around Soho at the time.
Since those very early days Joe has played at all the major folk festivals in Britain and has toured America more times than he can count. In 1998 he performed for the Philadelphia Folk Song Society, which is probably the most prestigious folk song society in America.
He set up and run the record label "Sweet Folk And Country". The label began with the name Sweet Folk-All .
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