This show at New River Ranch, Rising Sun. Maryland was recorded by Mike Seeger and later released as Stanley Series, Vol. 1 No. 3 (Copper Creek CCSS-V1N3) Dec 1982.

Ralph II led the CMB's at a show at "Leiper's Fork Bluegrass Festival", Hunt House, Franklin, Tennessee. Also appearing were Blue Highway.

Ralph appeared on all three days at Carlton Haney's '3rd Annual Berryville Bluegrass Festival', at Watermelon Park, Berryville, Virginia.

Other acts included: Bill Monroe, Reno-Harrell, Red Smiley, Bluegrass Alliance, Randall Collins - Curtis Blackwell & Dixie Bluegrass Boys, Shenandoah Valley Cut-Ups, Roger & Joan Sprung, Goins Bros., Osborne Bros., and Jimmy Martin.

Ralph was billed as appearing at 'Carlton Haney & John Miller's Bluegrass Festival', Watermelon Park, Berryville, Virginia. Other advertised acts included: Roger & Joan Sprung, Cliff Waldron, Osborne Brothers, Mac Wiseman, Walter Hensley, Lilly Brothers, Tex Logan & Don Stover, Del McCoury, Chubby Wise, A.L. Wood & Smoky Ridge Boys, Randall Collins & Curtis Blackwell, New Deal String Band, Earl Scruggs, and Country Gentlemen.

Ralph was advertised as appearing (at some point) at Pete Pike's bluegrass festival at Le-Rite Country Park, on Pike Farm, seven miles from Amelia Court House, Virginia.

Other acts listed to appear included: Jimmy Martin, Country Gentlemen, Charlie Moore, Shenandoah Cut-Ups, Stone Mountain Boys, Pappy Sherrill & Snuffy Jenkins, Joe Greene, Roger Sprung and others.

Ralph was advertised as playing on the 2/3 July at the '1st Annual Pennsyvania Old Time Mountain - Country Gospel - Bluegrass & Blues Folk Music Arts Festival', which was organised by the Pennsylvania Folk Arts Music Society. The event itself ran from the 29 Jun to 4 July 1973 and over 50 acts were advertised including Earl Scruggs Revue, Doc & Merle Watson, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Old And In The Way, John Prine, & the intriguingly named Star Spangled Washboard Band.

The one thing missing from their full page 'Bluegrass Unlimited' ad was the festival location, although their calendar listing gave it as Hellam/York, Pa.

Ralph was billed as appearing at 'James Monroe's 4th Annual Bluegrass Festival' at Kineauvista, Tennessee. It's unlikely that the CMB's played on all dates, as they had another show listed on the 3-4th July at the Stanley Old Home Place.

Other advertised acts included: Bill Monroe, Country Gentlemen, Jim & Jesse, Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper, James Monroe, Clyde Moody, Bobby Smith & the Boys From Shiloh, Jones Bros., Larry Sparks, Jim McCall - Vernon McIntyre & the Appalachian Grass, and Hubert Davis & the Season Travelers.

An Independence Day show by Ralph at the Stanley Old Home Place, along with Mac Wiseman. It was advertised a 'Big Bluegrass Show' with many other acts promised, and started at 6pm on the 3rd.

Ralph was billed as appearing on 3rd July at the '1st Annual Shriner's Bluegrass Festival' at Wise County Fairgrounds, Wise, Virginia. The event was organised by the Wise County Shrine Club and all proceeds went to the shriner's 'Cripple Children's Hospital'.

The festival itself ran for two days (3rd - 4th July) and was billed as 'Two Super Days Of Bluegrass'. Other acts included: Country Gentlemen, Larry Sparks, Goins Bros., JD Crowe, II Generation, Mac Wiseman, Rolling Firestones, Marshall Family, Outdoor Plumbing Company, Country Comfort, Bluegrass Kinsmen and Slone Family.

Ralph was billed as appearing on the Saturday / Sunday (3-4th) at James Monroe's 'Tennessee Bluegrass Festival'.

The festival itself ran from 1-4th July and other acts included: Bill Monroe, James Monroe, Outdoor Plumbing Company, Bill Clifton - Red Rector, Garland Shuping - Darell Sanson & Wild Country, Carl Sauseman, Robert White & the Candy Mountain Boys, Birch Monroe, Red White & Blue(grass), Jimmy Martin, JD Crowe, Blue Denim, and Marc Pruett & the New Day Country Band.

Ralph was billed as appearing at James Monroe's '7th Annual Tennessee Bluegrass Festival' at Monroe Musicland Park, a new venue in Beaver Dam, Kentucky.

Other acts included: Bill Monroe, James Monroe, Jimmie Skinner, Bloomin' Grass, Birch Monroe, Carl Tipton, 'plus local talent'.

Ralph was listed as appearing on Friday (30 Jun) at the "Outdoor Plumbing Company's 4th Annual Homecoming festival" in the High School grounds, Salyersville, Kentucky.

The festival itself ran from 30 June - 3 July and other acts included: Outdoor Plumbing Co., Pike County Bluegrass Express, The Pathways, South Salyers & the Brown Mountain Boys, The Lawsons, Singing Cooke Family, Gum Branch Heartbreakers, Reed Family, Marlow Tackett, George Jones, Marshall Family, and Larry Sparks.

Ralph was billed appearing (sometime between 3-4 Jul) at 'Bluegrass 78' at Haspin Acres in Laurel, Indiana.

The festival itself ran from 30 Jun - 4 July and other acts included: Goins Bros., Boys From Indiana, Russell Bros., Kentucky Gentlemen, The Mayor & Buford, Dixie & the Hillsiders, Scotty Jackson & Kentucky Shore, Muddy River Band, and Blue Velvet.

Ralph was billed as appearing at some point at 'Bluegrass '80' held at Haspin Acres, Laurel, Indiana. The band also had another booking which overlapped this festival between 4-6th July.

Other acts included: Lewis Family, Buford & the Mayor, Hot Mud Family, Raymond Fairchild, Sandy Valley Boys, Nelson Young, JD Crowe, Lost & Found, Goins Bros., Goins Bros 2nd Generation, Young Blades Of Bluegrass, Kentucky Gentlemen, and Mac Wiseman.

Ralph was billed as appearing at some point at 'Bluegrass 82' festival in Haspin Acres, Laurel, Indiana.

Other acts included: Osborne Bros., Country Gentlemen, Melvin Goins, Lewis Family, Kentucky Gentlemen, Bluegrass Thoroughbreds, and (Young) Blades Of Bluegrass.

Ralph was billed as appearing at the festival in Brockville, Ontario, Canada.

Other acts included: Dry Branch Fire Squad, Spirits Of Bluegrass, Whetstone Run, Country Gentlemen, and Bristol Mountain Bluegrass.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Friday (3 Jul) at 'The Opryland Bluegrass Festival' in Opryland Showpark, Nashville, Tenesee.

The festival itself ran from 3-5 July and other acts included: Smoky Mountain Sunshine, Bluegrass Cardinals, Hubert Davis & Season Travelers, Bill Monroe, Mac Wiseman, Country Grass, Jim & Jesse, Osborne Bros., Raymond Fairchild, Johnson Mountain Boys, and Lewis Family.

Ralph had a show at Ison Farm, Winchester, Kentcuky.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Friday (3 Jul) at the 'Dominion Valley Park Bluegrass Festival' in Stuart, Virginia.

The festival itself ran from 3-4 July and other acts included: Heritage, Marksmen, Lonesome Pine Fiddlers, Lynn Morris Band, Larry Stephenson Band, Boyd Bros., Appalachian Express, Petticoat Junction, Robbie Huffman & Bluegrass Cutups, McPeak Brothers, and Crowe Bros.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Friday (3 July) at the '12th Annual Northeast Ohio Bluegrass Festival' at Clay's Park Resort in Whipporwill Woods, 2 miles South of Canal Fulton, Ohio.

The festival itself ran from 2-4 July and other acts included: James Monroe, Robert White, Jimmy Martin, Jim & Jesse, Matheson Family Pride, Bluegrass Mountaineers, Touch Of Grass, Doyle Lawson, Larkin Family, Coney Carver, and Lonesome Heart.

Ralph had a show at the Ram's Head Tavern venue/restaurant at Annapolis, Maryland. Tickets cost $22.50.

Ralph appeared as part of the 'Down From The Mountain' tour at Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Other acts included: Alison Krauss, Jerry Douglas, Dan Tyminiski, Nashville Bluegrass Band, and Norman Blake.

Ralph had a show with Jim Lauderdale at the Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee. The concert was part of the "10th Anniversary Bluegrass Nights At The Ryman" series and tickets cost $20.50.

Ralph was billed as appearing (at some point) at the 'Oak Leaf Bluegrass & Mountain Music Festival', Luray Caverns, Luray, Virginia.

The festival celebrated 50 years since Bill Clifton's first bluegrass festival (4 July 1961) and ran from 2-4 July. Other acts included: Bill Clifton with Jimmy Gaudreau, Eddie & Martha Adcock with Tom Gray, Robin & Linda Williams, Bill Emerson, Larry Stephenson, Steel Wheels, Nothin' Fancy, Shenandoah Drive, and Virginia Blue.