Ralph was billed as appearing at the "Festival Of American Folklife", as part of the Montreal International "Man & His World" exhibit 11-17 June 1971.

Ralph was billed as appearing (at some point) at "Bill Monroe's 5th Annual Bluegrass Festival" at Brown County Jamboree Park, Bean Blossom, Indiana. Other acts listed included: Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt, Jim & Jesse, Country Gentlemen, Doc Watson, Don Reno, Red Smiley & Bill Harrell, Jimmy Martin, Mac Wiseman, Carl Story, James Monroe, Hamilton County Bluegrass Band, Cliff Waldron, Louis Popejoy and the Wabash Valley Boys, Mike Seeger, Goins Bros, Tex Logan, Bluegrass Alliance, Rual Yarborough & a special guest appearance by John Hartford. Events included 'the Story of Bill Monroe and his Bluegrass music'.

It's likely that Ralph only appeared on the 18-20, as he was billed as appearing in Montreal from 11-17 June.

Tracks 1-16 on the CD Live From Bean Blossom 1972 Vol. 2 (No Label No #) 2015, are from Ralph's late afternoon / evening performances at Bean Blossom, Indiana on the 17th June. This was part of 'Bill Monroe's 6th Annual Bluegrass Festival' and the other acts included: Bill Monroe, Jimmy Martin, James Monroe, Lester Flatt, Jim & Jesse, Osborne Brothers, Carl Story, Goins Brothers, Jones Brothers, Larry Sparks, Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper, Birch Monroe, Bill Clifton, Don Reno-Bill Harrell, Cliff Waldron, Bluegrass Tarheels, II Generation, Carlton Family, Tex Logan, Buck White, and Randall Collins - Curtis Blackwell.

Ralph was advertised as appearing at 'Bill Monroe's 7th Annual Bluegrass Festival' at Bean Blossom, Indiana. Also appearing were: Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt, Jim & Jesse, Ralph Stanley, Goins Brothers, James Monroe, Bluegrass Alliance, Jimmy Martin, Don Reno-Bill Harrell, Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper, Bluegrass Alliance, Larry Sparks, Del McCoury, Lewis Family, Shenandoah Cut-ups, Goins Brothers, Birch Monroe, Parker Family, Bluegrass Blackjacks, AL Wood & the Smokey Ridge Boys, McLain Family, Tex Logan, Bluegrass Tarheels, Bobby Smith & the Boys From Shiloh, and the Sullivan Family.

It's likely that Ralph's appearances were towards the end of the festival, as they were booked to appear at another festival in Georgia 8-10th June.

Ralph was billed as appearing at 'Bill Monroe's 8th Annual Bluegrass Festival' at the Brown County Jamboree Park in Bean Blossom, Indiana.

I'd guess Ralph's appearances were later in the week, as other gigs were advertised on the 7-9th. Other advertised acts at Bean Blossom included: Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt, Jim & Jesse, James Monroe, Larry Sparks, Bluegrass Alliance, Reno - Harrell, Bill Clifton, Monroe Doctrine, McLain Famly, Bluegrass Blackjacks… and many others.

Ralph was billed as appearing at the Opry's 'Country Music Fan Fair' at the New Opry House, Nashville, Tennesse. Also appearing were: Lester Flatt, Bill Monroe, Country Gentlemen, Boys From Shiloh, Mac Wiseman, Reno - Harrell, and Jim & Jesse.

Ralph was billed as appearing at the Fireman's Bluegrass Festival at Merrimac, West Virginia.

Other acts included: Outdoor Plumbing Company, Woods & Strings, Country Gentlemen, Reno-Harrell, Hot Mud Family, Bluegrass Rebels, Goins Bros., Landon Messer & Laurel Mountain Boys, Bill Hall & Greenwood Mountain Boys, Bill Monroe, and Marshall Family.

Ralph was billed as appearing (at some point) at Bill Monroe's '11th Annual Bluegrass Festival' at Brown County Jamboree Park, Bean Blossom, Indiana.

Other acts included: Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt, Osborne Bros, Sheandoah Cut-Ups, Jimmie Skinner, Wilma Lee - Stoney Cooper & the Clinch Mountain Clan, James Monroe, Birch Monroe, Calton Family, Piper Road Spring Band, Clyde Bowling.

Ralph was billed as appearing at some point at Bill Monroe's '12th Annual Bluegrass Festival' at Brown County Jamboree Park, Bean Blossom, Indiana. The band definitely didn't appear on all days…

Other acts included: Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt, Osborne Bros, James Monroe, Don Reno, Jimmie Skinner, The Brocks, Bill Harrell & the Virginians, Clyde Bowling, High Country, Birch Monroe, and Tex Logan.

Ralph was billed as appearing at the '4th Annual Bluegrass Festival' at the Mountain Music Park, in Shortt Gap, Virginia.

Other acts included: Bluegrass Cardinals, Kentucky River Boys, Boone Estep & Copley Bros., Country Grass, Bluegrass Kinsman, Lost & Found, Red White & Dixie Bluegrass, Sugar In the Gourd, Clevenger Bros. & Rock Ridge Boys, and Virginia Drifters

Ralph was billed as appearing on Sunday (15 Jun) at the '4th Annual Saunders Family Bluegrass Festival' in McAlester, Oklahoma.

The festival itself ran from 12-15 June and other acts included: Bill Monroe, James Monroe, Chubby Wise, Mac Wiseman, Harold Morrison & the Smokin' Bluegrass, Osborne Bros., Lewis Family, Sullivan Family with Joe Stuart, Tennessee Gentlemen, Lonnie Glosson, Johnny & Gerald & the Georgia Mountain Boys, Goins Bros., Shady Grove Ramblers, Southland Bluegrass with Jewel Lasyone, Cox Family, Bill Grant & Delia Bell, Round Mountain Boys, Oklahoma Sundowners, and Signal Mountain Bluegrass.

Ralph was billed as appearing (at some point) at Bill Monroe's '16th Annual Bluegrass Festival' at Monroe's Brown County Jamboree, Bean Blossom, Indiana.

Other acts included: Bill Monroe, Jim & Jesse, Osborne Bros., James Monroe, Jimmy Martin, Sullivan Family, Don Reno, Wilma Lee Cooper, Carl Story, Joe Val, Bill Harrell, High Country, Lost Kentuckians, Wildwood Pickers, Walter Bailes, Del McCoury, New Horizon, Bobby Smith & the Boys From Shiloh, Roane County Boys, and Al Wood & Smokey ridge Boys.

Ralph was billed as appearing at some point at Bill Monroe's '17th Annual Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival' at Brown County Jamboree Park, Bean Blossom, Indiana.

The festival ran from 10-19 June and other acts included: Bill Monroe, Osborne Bros., Jim & Jesse, Curly Seckler & Nashville Grass, James Monroe, Bluegrass Cardinals, Wilma Lee Cooper, Joe Val, Carl Story, Sullivan Family, Goins Bros., Boys From Indiana, Carl Tipton Show, Josh Graves & Joe Stuart, High Country, Good Ol' Persons, Bobby Smith & Boys From Shiloh, Lost Kentuckians, Jones Bros., & the Log Cabin Boys, Louie Popejoy, Ken Palmer & Dixie Flyers, Wildwood Pickers, Pete Corum & Red River Band, Border Riders, Outdoor Plumbing Co..

Ralph was billed as appearing on Friday (15 Jun) at the '9th Annual Snuffy Jenkins Old-Time & Bluegrass Music Festival' at Snuffy Jenkins Music Park, Cliffside, North Carolina.

The festival itself ran from 14-16 June 1984 and other acts included: Doc & Merle Watson, Lewis Family, Osborne Bros., Johnson Mountain Boys, Raymond Fairchild, Wade & Julia Mainer, Marc Pruett Band, Leonard McSwain Band, Hickory Flat, Snuffy Jenkins & the Hired Hands.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Saturday / Sunday(15-16 Jun) at Bill Monroe's '19th Annual Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival' at Brown County Jamboree Park, Bean Blossom, Indiana.

The festival itself ran from 7-16 June and other acts included: Bill Monroe, Osborne Bros., Country Gentlemen, Jimmy Martin, Lewis Family, JD Crowe, Wilma Lee Cooper, Larry Sparks, Del McCoury, Bill Harrell, Goins Bros., Josh Graves & Joe Stuart, Bobby Smith, Wildwood Pickers, Boys From Indiana, High Country, Good Ole Persons, Sullivan Family, Carl Tipton Show, Lost Kentuckians, Redwing, Detroit Bluegrass Band, Bluegrass of the 80s, and Snakes And The Grass.

Ralph was billed as appearing (at some point) at the 'Festival Of Bluegrass' in Lexington, Kentucky.

The festival itself ran from 12-15 June and other acts included: Hot Rize, Quicksilver, Seldom Scene, Johnson Mountain Boys, Nashville Bluegrass Band, Country Gentlemen, Lewis Family, Orange Blossom Bluegrass, New Coon Creek Girls, Lost & Found, Dry Branch Fire Squad, and Redwing.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Saturday / Sunday (15-16 Jun) at Bill Monroe's '25th Annual Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival', in Bean Blossom, Indiana.

The festival itself ran from 13-16 June and other acts included: Bill Monroe, Osborne Bros., Bobby Smith & the Boys From Shiloh, Larry Efaw & the Bluegrass Mountaineers, Bluegrass Cardinals, Goins Bros., Nashville Bluegrass Band, Mac Wiseman, Seldom Scene, Jim & Jesse, Del McCoury, Paul Mullins & Traditional Grass, Charlie Sizemore, and Sullivan Family.

Ralph was billed as appearing (at some point between 15-16 June) at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Telluride, Colorado.

The festival itself ran from 15-18 June and other acts included: James Taylor, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Bruce Cockburn, Shawn Colvin, Bela Fleck, Tim & Mollie O'Brien, Michael Hedges, Peter Rowan, Nashville Bluegrass Band, Ani DiFranco, Bruce Cockburn, IIIrd Tyme Out, Hapa, Iris Dement, Wolfstone, Del McCoury, Sugarbeat, Mark O'Connor, Leftover Salmon, and a Superjam.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Saturday / Sunday (15-16 Jun) at '30th Annual Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival' at Bill & James Monroe's Festival Park & Campground, Bean Blossom, IN.

The festival itself ran from 13-16 June and other acts included: Bill Monroe, Jim & Jesse, Mac Wiseman, Del McCoury, JD Crowe, Larry Sparks, James Monroe, Sullivan Family, Goins Bros., Kenny Baker & Josh Graves, Gary Brewer, Eddie Adcock, Kathy Chiavola, Dallas Smith, Petticoat Junction, McPeak Bros., and Tim Graves.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Sunday (15 Jun) at the '31st Annual Bill Monroe Memorial Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival', at Bill & James Monroe's Festival Park & Campground, Bean Blossom, Indiana. They were scheduled to appear at noon and 3:15pm.

The festival itself ran from 12-15 June and other acts included: James Monroe, Gary Brewer, Goins Bros., Eddie Adcock, Vince Combs, Dallas Smith, Jim & Jesse, JD Crowe, Randall Hylton, Wayne Lewis, Osborne Bros., Mac Wiseman, Larry Sparks, Claire Lynch, Charlie Sizemore, New Coon Creek Girls, Sullivan Family, and Kenny Baker & Josh Graves.

Ralph has a show at La Paloma Theatre, Encinitas, California. Sharing the bill were Lost Highway. Tickets cost $13 in advance, or $15 on the door.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Thursday (15 Jun) at the '26th Annual North Carolina State Bluegrass Festival' at Happy Holiday Campground, Cherokee, North Carolina.

The festival itself ran from 15-17 June and other acts included: Jimmy Martin, Country Gentlemen, Larry Rice - Tony Rice - Chris Hillman - Herb Pedersen, Jim & Jesse, IIIrd Tyme Out, Blue Highway, Osborne Bros., Rhonda Vincent, Raymond Fairchild, Bass Mountain Boys, Larry Stephenson, Village Singers, Dale Ann Bradley, Big Country Bluegrass, Goldwing Express, and Nothin' Fancy.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Friday (15 Jun) at the '6th Annual Stringbean Memorial Bluegrass Festival', near String's hometown in Jackson County, Kentucky.

The festival itself ran from 13-16 June and other acts included: Rhonda Vincent, Larry Sigmon & Barbara Poole, Mike Snider, Larry Sparks, Cross Ties, David Parmley & Continental Divide, James Jones & Bluegrass Travelers, Moron Bros., Miller's Creek, Billie Renee & Cumberland Gap, Phillip Akeman & Flatlick, Ramona Chruch & Carolina Road, Don Stanley & the Boys From Middle Creek, Filex Brock & Gospel Harmony, Johnny Gray, Ken & Bob Show, Solid Rock Bluegrass Band, Kandance Ward, and Fiddling Ralph Marcum.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Saturday / Sunday (15-16 Jun) at the '36th Annual Bill Monroe Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival' at the Bill Monroe Music Park & Campground, Bean Blossom, Indiana. A newspaper schedule however, only includes a performance on Saturday 7:20 - 8:35pm.

The festival itself ran from 9-16 June and other acts included: Jimmy Martin, George Shuffler, Paul Williams & Victory Trio, Doyle Lawson, JD Crowe, Larry Sparks, David Parmley & Continental Divide, Dave Evans, Melvin Goins & Windy Mountain, Jeanette Williams, Warrior River Boys, James Monroe, Eddie & Martha Adcock, Larry Stephenson, Lynn Morris, Grasshoppers, Valerie Smith, Special Consensus, Larkin Family, Chapmans, Bluegrass Strangers, 1946, Vince Combs & Shadetree Grass, Mike Snider, Longview, Wildfire, James King, Gary Brewer, Sullivan Family, Village Singers, Carolina Road, Jolena Foster & Country Grass, Don Stanley & Middle Creek, Frank Ray & Cedar Hill, Jesse Perdue & Old Time Gospel, and Pastor Baggett.

Ralph was billed as appearing (at some point) at the '40th Anniversary Celebration Bill Monroe Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival' at the Bill Monroe Memorial Music Park & Campground, Bean Blossom, Indiana.

The festival itself ran from 10-17 July and other acts included: Marty Stuart, Cherryholmes, Del McCoury, Bobby Osborne, JD Crowe, Randy Waller & Country Gentlemen, Eddie & Martha Adcock, Grascals, Bluegrass Strangers, Ronnie Reno, IIIrd Tyme Out, Flint River Boys, Mountain Heart, Marty Raybon, Lewis Family, Jesse McReynolds, Alecia Nugent, Larry Stephenson, David Parmley & Continental Divide, Special Consensus, Ralph Stanley II, Melvin Goins & Windy Mountain, Michelle Nixon & Drive, Blueridge, Jeanette Williams Band, Ernie Thacker, Boohers, Wildfire, Isaacs, Kruger Bros., Kenny & Amanda Smith, James King Band, Anita Fisher Band, Warrior River Boys, Sullivan Family, Audie Blaylock & redline, Dan Paisley & Southern Grass, Paul Williams & Victory Trio, Vince Combs & Shadetree Grass, and Pastor Baggett.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Thursday (15 Jun) at the '32nd Annual North Carolina State Bluegrass Festival', at the Happy Holiday Campground, Cherokee, North Carolina.

The festival itself ran from 15-17 June and other acts included: Marty Stuart, Connie Smith, Ricky Skaggs, Seldom Scene, IIIrd Tyme Out, Jesse McReynolds, Mac Wiseman, Bobby Osborne, Jeanette Williams, David Peterson & 1946, David Parmley & Continental Divide, Gary Waldrep, Luke McKinght, Raymond Fairchild, Counterpoint, Josh Crowe, and Tim Graves & Cherokee.

Ralph was billed as appearing (at some point) at the 'Bonnaroo Music Fest', Manchester, Tennessee.

The festival itself ran from 14-17 June and other acts included: Uncle Rarl, Old Crow Medicine Show, Gillian Welch, Charlie Louvin, and Biscuit Burners.