Dave Ray is an excellent guitarist,and a very nice guy, He is one of the greatest contributors to the annual "Batle of the Jug Bands" in Mineapolis, but only a fair-to-middlin' singer. I am frankly surprised that anyone would ever mistake Ray for a Black man. I have spoken to Dave about this very subject, and about the fire that Koerner, Ray, and Glover drew 35 years ago for being white guys playing the blues. Ray says that he plays this music because he loves it and always has, and didn't care if there were any "official rules of musical purism" that say he shouldn't.

I reccomend a listen to his guitar playing to anyone who likes finger picking blues. He is the goods.