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. 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.

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  • Arvella Gray war ein afroamerikanischer Bluessänger und Gitarrist, der den Großteil seines Lebens als Straßenmusikant in Chicago, vor allem auf dem (Floh)Markt um die Maxwell Street Blues- und Gospelmusik gespielt hat. Aufnahmen von ihm sind auf etlichen Schallplattensamplern, darunter And This Is Maxwell Street, drei selbst produzierten 45 rpm Platten sowie auf einem Album (Blind Arvella Gray The Singing Drifter) aus dem Jahre 1972, das 2005 als CD wiederveröffentlicht wurde, zu hören. Die Wiederveröffentlichung erhielt den Living Blues Award 2006.
  • 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. 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.
  • Nato in Texas, ha poi trascorso gran parte della sua vita esibendosi come artista di strada nella città di Chicago, soprattutto nell'area di Maxwell Street. Il suo stile era un miscuglio di folk, blues e gospel. Gray, il cui vero nome era Walter o James Dixon, perse la vista durante gli anni trenta, probabilmente durante una rapina in banca, fatto per il quale ci si riferisce all'artista anche come a Blind Arvella Gray. L'unico album pubblicato si intitola The Singing Drifter ed uscì per la prima volta nel 1972 in versione vinile; nel 2005 ne è uscita una versione CD remasterizzata per l'etichetta Conjuroo.
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  • Arvella Gray war ein afroamerikanischer Bluessänger und Gitarrist, der den Großteil seines Lebens als Straßenmusikant in Chicago, vor allem auf dem (Floh)Markt um die Maxwell Street Blues- und Gospelmusik gespielt hat. Aufnahmen von ihm sind auf etlichen Schallplattensamplern, darunter And This Is Maxwell Street, drei selbst produzierten 45 rpm Platten sowie auf einem Album (Blind Arvella Gray The Singing Drifter) aus dem Jahre 1972, das 2005 als CD wiederveröffentlicht wurde, zu hören.
  • 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. 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.
  • Nato in Texas, ha poi trascorso gran parte della sua vita esibendosi come artista di strada nella città di Chicago, soprattutto nell'area di Maxwell Street. Il suo stile era un miscuglio di folk, blues e gospel. Gray, il cui vero nome era Walter o James Dixon, perse la vista durante gli anni trenta, probabilmente durante una rapina in banca, fatto per il quale ci si riferisce all'artista anche come a Blind Arvella Gray.
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