Ralph was billed as appearing on Sunday (30 Jun) at 'Music In The Mountains: Bluegrass - Country Music' at Summersville Music Park, Summersville, West Virginia. It's likely however that Ralph II led the CMB's as Dr. Ralph had another 'solo' booking on this date.

The festival itself ran from 27-30 June and other acts included: Rhonda Vincent, Lonesome River Band, Country Gentlemen, Jim & Jesse, Del McCoury, Blueridge, Mountain heart, Eddie & Martha Adcock, Country Ham, Tim Graves & Cherokee, Lost & Found, J. Armsworthy & Eastern Tradition, Lynn Morris, Everett Bros., Raymond Fairchild, Allegheny Outback, JD Crowe, Chapmans, Larry Stephenson, Karl Shiflett, Rarely Herd, Osborne Bros., Scott Brannon, Lewis Family, Blue Highway, Goldwing Express, Francine & Mountain Top Band, Doyle Lawson, Larkin Family, IIIrd Tyme Out, James King, Melvin Goins & Windy Mountain, Primitive Quartet, Josh Graves & Kenny Baker, Reno Bros., Bluegrass Mountaineers, David Parmley & Continental Divide, The Bluegrass Masters, Larry Sparks, Big Country Bluegrass Band, Wildwood Valley Boys, Larry Cordle, Everett Lilly Band, and others.

Ralph II was billed as appearing (presumably with the CMBs) on Thursday (30 Jun) at the 'BlueGrass & Pig Roast' Poppy Mountain, Morehead, Kentucky.

Hosted by Marty Raybon, the festival ran from 30 June to 2 July and other acts included: Marty Raybon, James King, Bluegrass Strangers, Dave Evans, Vernon McIntyre, Smith Bros., LaTresa & the Signal, Jack Lewis, Melvin Goins, Don Rigsby, Bottomline Bluegrass, Southern Sun, Goldwing Express, Ernie Bradley & Grassy Ridge, Larry Cordle, Ernie Thacker & Route 23, and Lexington.

Ralph II was listed as appearing (at some point) at the 'Starvy Creek Bluegrass Festival' at Starvy Creek Park, Conway, Missouri.

The festival itself ran from 30 June to 2 July and other acts included: Doyle Lawson, IIIrd Tyme Out, Larry Stephenson, Junior Sisk, Donna Ulisse, Link Family, Redhead Express, Mona Jones, Bluegrass Thoroughbred, Punches Family, Audie Blaylock, and Nothin' Fancy.

Ralph was billed as appearing at "The Big 1968 Blue Grass Festival", Frontier Ranch, near Columbus, Ohio.

Other acts included: Bill Monroe, Stone Mountain Boys, Osborne Bros., Jimmy Martin, and Reno - Harrell. The one-day Sunday show started at 10am and tickets cost $2.

This session at Roy Homer's basement studio in Clinton, provided seven tracks for Ralph's Something Old, Something New (Rebel SLP 1503) 1971; and one which appeared on Play Requests (Rebel SLP 1514) 1972. The cuts were: Goin' To Georgia, All The Love I Had Is Gone, Will You Miss Me?, Katy Daly, A Little Boy Called Joe, Six More Miles, Cluck Old Hen and That Lonesome Old song.

The session was also used to finish off the recording of Keith Whitley & Ricky Skaggs LP Second Generation Bluegrass (Rebel SLP 1504) 1971, which had largely been recorded the day before.

One 45 was released from the session:-

• Katy Daley / Will You Miss Me? (Rebel F-315) 1971

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 billed as appearing on the Sat/Sun at 'James Monroe's 3rd Annual Big Bluegrass Festival', 5 miles South of Newport on the Old Gatlinburg Road. The festival itself ran from the Friday (29th). Also advertised were: Bill Monroe, Jimmy Martin, Don Reno-Bill Harrell, II Generation, Jim & Jesse, Jones Brothers, James Monroe, Red Rector & Fred Smith, North Carolina Tarheels, Hylo Brown, smokey Ridge Boys, and Birch Monroe.

Ralph was billed as appearing at the 'Mid-Michigan 2nd Annual Stringbean Memorial Bluegrass Festival' at the Fairgrounds in Charlotte, along with: Jim & Jesse, Mac Wiseman, and the McLain Family. Other acts also included: Curly Ann & the Sounds of the South, Pine River Valley Boys, Back Porch Bluegrass, Rim-Fire Ramblers, Round Mountain Boys, and Asa Martin.

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 as appearing on the Saturday / Sunday (30 Jun - 1 Jul) at the 'Country Gentlemen festival' in Wayside Park, Stuart, VA.

The festival itself ran from 29 June - 1 July, and other acts included: Country Gentlemen, Osborne Bros., JD Crowe, Seldom Scene, Melvin Goins, Roy McMillan & the High Country Boys, Tunstall Trio, Dominion Bluegrass Boys, Bluegrass Blend, and Patrick Henry Travelers.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Thursday (30 Jun) at 'Wayside Park 1983 Bluegrass Festival' at Wayside Park, approx. 3 miles Southeast of Stuart, Virginia.

The festival itself ran from 30 Jun to 2 July, and other acts included: Bluegrass County Five, Osborne Bros., Dominion Bluegrass boys with Josh Graves, Lillimae & the Dixie Gospel-Aires, Bass Mountain Boys, Jim Orange & the Orange Blossoms, Paul & Dewitt, Jim & Jesse, Highlanders with Buddy Pembleton, Boyd Bros., and others.

Ralph was billed as appearing at Dave Fraley's '5th Annual Jellico Creek Bluegrass festival' near Williamsburg, Kentucky.

Other acts included: Gary Adams & the Bluegrass Gentlemen, Dora Mae - Jr. Earls & the Home Brew Holler Band, Cumberland Grass, South Fork, Bruch Creek Grass, Patterson Creek Raiders, Next Of Kin, Silver Creek, Maumee Valley Grass, and Dixie Ryders.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Friday (30 Jun) at the '14th Annual Hyattstown Volunteer Fire Dept. Bluegrass Festival' at Mountain View Park, Hyattstown, Maryland.

The festival itself ran from 30 June to 2 July and other acts included: Glade Valley Travelers, Red Wing, Osborne Bros, Larry Sparks, Bluegrass Image, Carroll County Ramblers, Glade Valley Travelers, Patuxent Partners, Jack Fincham & Dixie Grass, Country Gentlemen, Cliff Waldron, Erne Bradley & Grassy Ridge.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Sunday (30 Jun) at the '22nd Annual Bluegrass Classic' at Frontier Ranch, Columbus, Ohio.

The festival itself ran from 28-30 June and other acts included: Peter Rowan, Nashville Bluegrass Band, Larry Sparks, Country Gentlemen, Larry Stephenson, Darrel Adkins & Silver Wind, Gary Strong & Hard Times, Emmylou Harris, Marty Stuart, Doyle Lawson, Johnson Mountain Boys, Seldom Scene, Lost & Found, Harbourtown, Tony Rice Unit, Nash Ramblers with Sam Bush & Roy Huskey Jr., Lewis Family, Osborne Bros., Allison Krauss, Beaver Valley Bluegrass, and Redwing.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Sunday (30 Jun) at the 'Music In The Mountains: Bluegrass - Country Music' festival at Summersville Music Park, Summersville, West Virginia.

The festival itself ran from 27-30 June 1996 and other acts included: Bill Monroe, Country Gentlemen, Jim & Jesse, Rarely Herd, Osborne Bros., Gillis Bros., IIIrd Tyme Out, Doyle Lawson, Lost & Found, Del McCoury, James King, Raymond Fairchild, Stevens Family, Kenny Baker & Josh Graves, Bluegrass Strangers, Lou Reid & Carolina, Larry Stephenson, Steadfast, JD Crowe, Lynn Morris, Bluegrass Cardinals, Freddy Clark & Clark Family, Larry Sparks, Eddie Adcock, Lewis Family, Goins Bros., Sand Mountain Boys, Blue Highway, Hart Bros., David Parmley - Scott Vestal & Continental Divide, Bluegrass Express, Redwing, Bluegrass Mountaineers, and others.

Ralph had a show at the Carter Family Fold, Hiltons, Virginia.

Ralph was listed as appearing as part of the 'Down From The Mountain' tour at Paul E. Tsongas Center, Lowell, Massachusetts. Other acts included: Alison Kruass, Jerry Douglas, Dan Tyminski, Norman Blake, and Nashville Bluegrass Band.

Ralph was listed as appearing on Saturday (30 Jun) at the 'Centennial Celebration' at Long View Recreational Center, Long View, North Carolina. The band were scheduled to perform at 8:15pm followed by a "Legends" finale.

The event itself ran from 30 June to 1 July and other acts included: Grasstowne, JD Crowe, Blueridge, Lost & Found, John Shuffler, Jim Shumate, Three Mile Creek, Far City Boys, Cockman Family, Iron Station, Narrow Way Quartet, and Primitive Quartet. Special guests included George Shuffler and Lester Woodie.