Arvella Gray

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| birth_name = James Dixon

| alias = Blind Arvella Gray

| birth_date = January 28, 1906

| birth_place = Somerville, Texas

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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1980|09|07|1906|01|28}}

| death_place = Chicago, Illinois

| genre = Blues, Folk and Gospel

| occupation = Musician

| instrument = Guitar

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Blind Arvella Gray (January 28, 1906 - September 7, 1980) was an American blues, folk and gospel singer and guitarist.{{cite news |last1=Lewis |first1=Catherine P. |title=Blind Arvella Gray - The Singing Drifter |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2005/11/blind-arvella-gray-the-singing-drifter.html |accessdate=18 May 2019 |publisher=Paste Magazine |date=22 November 2005}}

Gray was born James Dixon, in Somerville, Texas.{{cite web|author=Doc Rock |url=http://thedeadrockstarsclub.com/1980.html |title=The 1980s |publisher=The Dead Rock Stars Club |date= |accessdate=2015-11-04}} 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. In the 1960s, he recorded two singles for his own Gray label, including "Freedom Rider" backed with "Freedom Bus."

Gray's only album, The Singing Drifter (1973),{{cite book|title=The Guinness Who's Who of Blues|editor=Colin Larkin|publisher=Guinness Publishing|date=1995|edition=Second|isbn=0-85112-673-1|page=151}} was reissued on the Conjuroo{{cite web|url=http://www.conjuroo.com |title=Blind Arvella Gray, The Singing Drifter |publisher=Conjuroo.com |date= |accessdate=2015-11-04}} record label in 2005. The reissue was produced by Cary Baker, who wrote the liner notes for the original vinyl LP, released by Birch Records.