The tenth session for Mercury resulted in three tracks being cut, with one single:-

• Fling Ding / Loving You Too Well (Mercury-Starday 71207) Oct 1957

The third track, I'll Never Grow Tired Of You was coupled with No School Bus In Heaven for single release (Mercury 71302) in Apr 1958.

Ralph had a show at the Pentecostal Holiness Church, Fourth & Main, Lawrenceburg, Indiana.

JD Jarvis was emcee and the show also featured: Jimmie Skinner, Ralph King, Ernie Carter, Floyd Robinson, and Jarvis & the Bluegrass Hymns.

Ralph appeared at the 'Blue Grass Jamboree' in Roanoke, Virginia. I'm not sure of the dates, but a review of the festival on 6 Mar says it took place the previous weekend.

Other acts included: Bill Monroe, Jimmy Martin, Clinton King & the Virginia Mountaineers, Shenandoah Cut-Ups, Country Gentlemen, June Draper, and Jimmy Eanes Jnr.

Ralph had a show at the Jefferson Lounge in the Zehmer Building, Clinch Valley College, Wise, Virginia.

Tickets cost $1 and the show also included Glenn Roberts & the Rolling Firestones. It was organised by the Appalachian Student Services and the Appalachian Seminar of Clinch Valley College.

Another show for Ralph at the Pretzel Bell Restaurant, 120 E. Liberty, in An Arbor, Michigan. The gig ran from 10pm to 1.30am.

Ralph was billed as appearing at 'Okeechobee Bluegrass Convention', 2 miles North of Okeechobee on Hwy 441.

Other advertised acts included: Mac Wiseman, Shenandoah Cut-Ups, Chubby Wise, Bluegrass Pardners, Bluegrass Ramblers, Thompson Family, and Chubby Anthony & Tall Timber.

At this session Ralph recorded his LP Snow Covered Mound (Stanley Tone RSR 1154) 1980, at Lowell Varney's Riverside Recording Studio in Crum, Virginia. It was his first to appear on his 'Stanley Tone' label.

Ralph played a show at the Partners II restaurant in Centreville, Virginia.

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

Ralph had a show at the Victoria Street Theater, Santa Barbara, California. The concert, which was sponsored by the Santa Barbara Society for Traditional Music and the 'Vic'. Also on the bill were The Gap Tooth Mountain Ramblers. Tickets cost $14/$12.

Ralph took party in "An Evening of Bluegrass Gospel Music" at the Fine Arts Center, Lancaster Mennonite High School, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Also appearing were Doyle Lawson and The Isaacs. The show included a 'Ralph Stanley & Joe Isaacs Reunion'.

Ralph had a show at Hayes Bros. Music Center, Covington, Kentucky.

Ralph was billed as appearing on the '4th Annual Bluegrass Music Caribbean Cruise', which spent 7 days travelling from Fort Lauderdale - At Sea - San Juan - St. John/St. Thomas Catalina Island/Casa De Campo - At Sea - Nassau - Fort Lauderdale. Ralph had another booking on 1 Mar however, so I'm not sure if Ralph played on the cruise, or just at Fort Lauderdale on either the start or end date.

Other acts included: Larry Stephenson, Rhonda Vincent, Tim Graves & Cherokee, Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike, Rarely Herd, Dale Ann Bradley, Ramona Church & Carolina Road, Mark Newton, and a 'special' performance by Jesse McReyonlds.

Ralph had a show at The Handlebar, Greenville, South Carolina. The event was originally scheduled for 23 Jan, which had to be cancelled. Tickets for the Jan show remained valid for this replacement booking. Also on the bill were Drovers Old Time Medicine Show, and the Biscuit Boys. Tickets cost $25.

Ralph had a show at the Carpenter Center, Richmond, Virginia. Tickets cost $28.50 - $30.50.

BBC 4 TV broadcast "Ralph Stanley Live At The Barbican", which had been recorded in London, 7 Nov 2003. An MP3 recording of the show can be found on Sugarnegs, and a video of a BBC broadcast can be found on youtube.

Ralph had a show at the JE Broyhill Civic Center, Lenoir, North Carolina. Tickets cost $21 (children and students $12).

Ralph had a show at the Station Inn, Nashville, Tennessee. Tickets cost $25.

At this two day session in Big Stone Gap Va. Charlie recorded his first 'solo' LP: Congratulations (Acoustic Revival AR-33011) 1985.

Ralph Stanley and Curly Ray Cline make guest appearances on four tracks…