Blind Arvella Gray (January 28, 1906 – September 7, 1980)[1] 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.[1] 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[2] 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.[1]