Ralph II had a show (with the CMBs) at Fauquier High School, Warrenton, Virginia. Also on the bill was Cliff Waldron. The event was a fund-raiser for the Warrenton Volunteer Fire Company. Tickets cost $15 in advance, or $20 on the door.

At the end of Ralph's first tour of Japan he recorded twelve tracks which were released as part of Vol. 2 of the 'World Popular Collection' series of box sets. The LP John Henry (Birdree PMC 6004) 1971, with it's nude cover is now a collectors item…

Ralph was billed as appearing on the '2nd Annual Low Country Bluegrass Festival', along with: Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt, Osborne Brothers, Jim & Jesse, Jimmy Martin, Mac Wiseman, Lewis Family, Reno-Harrell, James Monroe, Charlie Moore, Jones Brothers, and the N.C. Tarheels.

One track, Katy Daley from a show at Page Valley Theatre, Luray, Virginia later resurfaced on the 2×CD Classic Stanley (Freeland Recording Co. FRC-CD-9002) 1995. The CD gives the date as the 5th May, but the Luray, Va show was advertised as taking place a day later on the 6th at the Page Valley Theatre. The event began as 1pm and ended at 6pm, with Ralph Stanley, Cliff Waldron and the shows hosts Rex & The Blue Grass Squires. Tickets cost $4.

Ralph was billed as appearing at the '2nd Annual Bluegrass Festival' at the Laurel Rescue Building, between Galax and Hillsville, Virginia.

Other acts included: Country Gentlemen, Goins Bros., Boys From Indiana, Blue Grass Gospel Singers, Frog & the Greenhorns, and many others.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Saturday (6 May) at the Lawson's Bluegrass Festival, held at Doc Turner's Farm in River, Kentucky - 8 miiles North of Paintsville.

The festival itself ran from 5-7 May and other acts included: The Lawson's, Marshall Family, Lum Patton & the Half Mountain Boys, Cardinal Grass, Lost Creek Boys, Larry Sparks, Goins Bros., Boone Estep & the Copley Bros., South Salyers & the Brown Mountain Boys.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Sunday (6 May) at the Lawsons '2nd Annual Spring Bluegrass Festival', in Doc Turners farm, 9 miles north of Paintsville, River, Kentucky.

The festival itself ran from 3-6th May and other acts include: Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt, Osborne Bros, James Monroe, Goins Bros., Larry Sparks, JD Crowe, Lonzo & Oscar, the Lawsons, Vernon Mcintyre's Appalachian Grass, Lum Patton & the Half Mountain Boys, Phuzz Street Knuckle Busters, Calvin Waddles & Lonesome Mountain Boys, Billy Hall & the Greenwood Mountain Boys, the Gum Branch Heartbreakers. Wynn Osborne & the Nashville Express.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Friday (6 May) at the '3rd Annual Bluegrass Kickoff' at Twin Oaks Campground, Williamsburg, VA.

The festival itself ran from 6-8th May and other acts included: Doc Watson, John Hartford, Osborne Bros., Lewis Family, Jim & Jesse, Bluegrass Cardinals, Uncle Leroy, Don Reno, Johnson Mountain Boys, Lonzo & Oscar, Dixie Reign, and Bryan Bowers.

Ralph played a show at the Station Inn, Nashville, Tennessee.

Ralph was booked to play at McCabe's Guitar Shop in Santa Monica, California. The band were scheduled to play on Saturday at 8pm & 10:30pm (4 May) and then had other shows on the 5, 6 & 7 May. I'm not sure if they then returned to McCabe's on the 8 May.

Ralph had a show at the Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, California. Tickets cost $8.

Ralph had a show at Giles County High School, Pearisburg, Virginia. The concert was sponsored by Pearisburg Recreation Department and tickets cost $8 on the door.

Ralph appeared on Saturday (6 May) as part of the Artsplosure's Spring Festival in Raleigh, North Carolina. The band were scheduled to appear at 4:30pm on the Pinecone Stage in Moore Square. The show was sponsored by WPTF-TV, WPTF-AM, WQDR and Pinecone, Piedmont Council of Traditional Music. Other acts performing on Saturday on the same stage included: The Tar Water Band, Clyde & Susan Edgerton, Golden Echoes, Hickory Wind, Capital City Entertainers, Mike Cross, Donald Davis, Rebecca & the Hi-Tones, and the Mike Cross Twilight Concert.

The festival itself ran from 6-7 May and included a variety of entertainment on different stages, plus arts & crafts & events and a food court.

Ralph played at Mark Newton's Album Release Party at the Birchmere, Alexandria, Virginia. The album, Living A Dream, included a guest appearance by Ralph on two tracks.

Also at the show were: Mark Newton, IIIrd Tyme Out, Tony Rice, Sammy Shelor, Don Rigsby, Ronnie Bowman, Jerry Douglas, Rickie Simpkins, Ronnie Simpkins, Alan O'Bryant, Mark Johnson, Mike Auldridge, Dudley Connell, Bill Emerson, Peter Bonta, and John Starling.

A newspaper report of the event, notes that the CMB's opened the show with half-dozen songs (including Sitting On Top Of The World), and that Ralph later performed Sugar Coated Love with Mark Newton (and Jerry Douglas on dobro).

Ralph was billed as appearing on Thursday (6 May) at the 'Festival In The Pines: Tripple Creek Music'. Rocky Mount, Virginia.

The festival itself ran from 5-8 May and other acts included: Charlie Waller, Lewis Family, Lynn Morris, Lost & Found with Gene Parker, David Parmley & Continental Divide, James King, Unlimited Tradition, Gibson Bros., Rarely Herd, Larry Stephenson , and a Bluegrass Cardinals reunion.

Ralph and Jim Lauderdale played at Bonclarken Associate Reformed Prebyterain Conference Center's Youth Activity Building, in Flat Rock, North Carolina. Tickets cost $12 (students $6).

The show was a benefit concert for the youth center.

Ralph was listed as appearing at the one-day "Bluegrass Festival" at Menokin Estate, Warsaw, Virginia. Other acts included: Seldom Scene, Old School Freight Train, and Gas Money Band. Tickets cost $20 and the event raised funds for the Menokin Foundation.

Ralph had a show at the Paramount Arts Center, Peekskill, New York.