Ralph II led the CMB's (at some point) at the "20th Annual Greater Downstate Indoor Bluegrass festival" festival at the Crown Plaza Hotel, Springfield, Illinois.

The festival itself ran from 10-12 Nov and other acts included: The Grascals, Rhonda Vincent, Marty Raybon, Nothin' Fancy, Cherryholmes, Dry Branch Fire Squad, The Bankster Family, Blueridge, and Pete & Joan Wernick.

Ralph had a show from 9-12pm at the Cassanese Club, 62 East Cuyahoga Falls Avenue, Akron, Ohio. Tickets cost $2.

This event at the Dome, Virginia Beach, Virginia was part of the 'Smithsonian Folk Life Festival' and featured Ralph Stanley . Other featured artists included: Mike Seeger, Bessie Jones, Dan Smith, James & Arlene Kesterson, and John Jackson.

Ralph appeaered at the Illinois Country Opry, Petersburg, Illinois.The show was at the end of a West Coast tour and was one of the last shows to feature Keith Whitley on lead vocals. The show, which was sponsored by the Sangamon State University Student Activities Committee, started at 8pm, and tickets were $5.

Ralph was billed as appearing at the '2nd Annual Armistice Day Weekend Bluegrass Bash' at Allaert Hall, Galvin Fine Arts Centre, St. Ambrose College, Davenport, Iowa.

The event was sponsored by the Black Hawk Folkore Society and shows took place at 7 & 9.30pm. Advance tickets cost $3.50 ($3 students/children), or $5 on the door. Other acts included: Bluegrass Redheads, and Lost Kentuckians.

The "Asheville Citizen-Times" mentioned that Ralph was one of the groups video-taped at the Stompin' Ground. Maggie Valley, North Carolina for the first series of the "Fire On The Mountain" TV show, which was due to be aired in Feb 1983.

The program was one of 13 shows to be broadcast, with the series being filmed 10-13 Nov. Along with Ralph groups filmed on the 10 Nov included: Phil & Gaye Johnson, Mac Snodderly with the Carol Best String Band, Green Grass Cloggers, Gamble Rogers, Marc Pruett Band, and Luke Smathers Old Time Swing Band.

Ralph had taken part in the filming of a pilot episode earlier in August 1982. The two pilots had technical problems so the shows had to be re-filmed.

Ralph had a show a the Fairview Ruritan Building, 7 miles South of Galax,Virginia. Tickets cost $6.

Ralph appeared on the Sunday (10 Nov) as part of the "2nd Annual Barn Folk Festival" at The Barn, on the University of California, Riverside campus.

The festival itself ran from 9-10 November and the 33 artists scheduled to appear included: Ross Altman & Dick Bagwell, Rosalie Sorrels, Phil Salazar Band, and John O'Connor.

Ralph was listed as appearing on Saturday (10 Nov) at the 'Greater Downstate Indoor Bluegrass Music Festival', at Holiday Inn Conference Hotel, Decatue, Illinois. The band were scheduled to appear at 3:10pm and 8:50pm.

The festival itself ran from 9-11 November and other acts included: Charlie Sizemore, Cox Family, Deanie Richardson, Diamonds In The Rough, McGee Creek Connection, Wild & Blue, Dry Branch Fire Squad, Reno Bros., and Warrior River Boys.

Although the liner notes to Ralphs CD: Short Life Of Trouble (Rebel REB-CD-1735) 1996 don't give any recording dates, at least one track I've Always Been A Rambler was cut on the 10th Nov as it's identified as such on the CD compilation Great High Mountain (Rebel REB-CD-1130) 2004.

Ralph had a show at Sipp Theater, Paintsville, Kentucky.

Ralph had a show at the Colonial Theatre, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. The concert was presented by the Philadelphia Folksong Society and tickets cost $27.50 - $42.50.

This was the second of two sessions for their album Tennessee Blues (Copper Creek C-0136) 1995.