| Joe "Red" Hayes | |
| Birth Name: | Joe Herman Hayes |
| Birth Date: | April 4, 1926 |
| Death Date: | (aged 46) |
| Genre: | Country |
| Years Active: | 1936–1973 |
| Label: | Starday |
| Birth Place: | Garden Valley, Texas, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Manchester, Greater Manchester, England |
Joe Herman "Red" Hayes (1926-1973) was a fiddle player and singer-songwriter who co-wrote "A Satisfied Mind" with Jack Rhodes. He was born April 4, 1926, in Garden Valley, Texas. During a UK tour with Faron Young, Hayes died of a heart attack on March 2, 1973, while performing in Manchester, England.[1]