Sometime during the mid'70's, Joe appeared at Bill Lang's 'Friary Folk Club' in Plymouth. After the performance, we went to the local curry house, where Bill asked if I could put Joe up for the night, as I lived near Plymouth Station. He was very appreciative that I was willing to let a complete stranger into my home to sleep.

I was unemployed at the time and hadn't been able to afford to buy his LP 'Joe Stead, Live at the Whittlebury Folk Club', so Joe gave me a copy and signed it. I still have it.

Even after his performance, he was a very chatty and funny man and had a good rapport with the other folkies at the club, many of whom were very good musicians and singers of the Plymouth Folk Scene, amongst them, the parents of the Lakeman Brothers; Sam, Sean and Seth.

R.I.P. Joe Stead. A Genuinely Nice Man. Thanks for the Fun, Joe.