Dave "Snaker" Ray

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Dave "Snaker" Ray (August 17, 1943 – November 28, 2002) was an American blues singer and guitarist from St. Paul, Minnesota who was most notably associated with Spider John Koerner and Tony Glover in the early Sixties Folk Revival. Together, the three released albums under the name "Koerner, Ray & Glover". Ray's repertoire featured a number of field hollers and Leadbelly songs and hollers. In 1998, Ray and Glover joined with Camile Baudoin and Reggie Scanlan of The Radiators to form a short-lived band, The Back Porch Rockers, which released the album By The Water in 2000.[1]

Ray was diagnosed with lung cancer in May of 2002. He died in November at his home in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[2]

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  1. ^ Cajun Market listing for Back Porch Rockers
  2. ^ http://www.chartattack.com/damn/2002/12/0209.cfm

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