Blind Arvella Gray (January 28, 1906
September 7, 1980) was an American blues, folk and gospel singer and
guitarist.
His birth name was James Dixon, and he was born in Somerville, Texas, United
States. He spent the latter part of his life performing and busking folk,
blues and gospel music at Chicago's Maxwell Street flea market and at
rapid-transit depots.
Gray's only album, 1973's The Singing Drifter was reissued on the Conjuroo
record label in 2005. The re-issue producer was Cary Baker, who wrote the
liner notes for the original Birch Records vinyl LP.
Gray died in Chicago, Illinois in September 1980, at the age of 74
