Ralph II appeared (presumably with the CMBs) at the 'Carter County Shrine Club Bluegrass Festival', Olive Hill, Kentucky. As Dr. Ralph had a booking on the Friday (20 Jul), I guess Ralph II appeared here on either the Thursday (19 Jul) or Saturday (20 Jul).

The festival itself ran from 19-21 July and other acts included: IIIrd Tyme Out, Blue Highway, JD Crowe, David Parmley, Honi Deaton, Anita Fisher, Dusty Valley Grass, Bluegrass Strangers, Hart Bros., Willow Creek, Kentucky Sunrise, and Bottom Line.

Ralph II appeared on the Sat/Sun (20-21 Jul) at the Darrington Bluegrass Festival, Darrington Bluegrass Music Park, 3 miles west of Darrington, Washington. His band on the show consisted of John Rigsby, Alex Leach and Eddy Lovelace.

The festival itself ran from 19-21 July and other acts included: Junior Sisk, Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa, and The Chapmans.

Ralph was billed as appearing on all three days at At 'Herman Smith's 2nd Annual Bluegrass Music Festival', Smith's Jamboree Park, Knob Noster, Missouri. Other acts included: Goins Brothers, Herman Smith, Buck White & Family, Bill Box, Bill Monroe, Jim & Jesse, and James Monroe.

Ralph was billed as appearing at this festival on Sat/Sun, which took place in 125 acres of camp grounds at Dixie Camp Ground, near Angier, North Carolina.

The festival itself ran from the 20-22 July and was advertised as 'Marshall Stephenson Presents: Eastern North Carolina's 1st Annual Blue Grass & Folk Festival'. Other acts included: Shenandoah Cut-Ups, Blue Grass Gentlemen, Blue Grass Experience, Red Rector, Jennell Hicks & The Dixie Ramblers, Green Valley Boys, Roby Huffman & The Bluegrass Cut Ups, Doc Watson, Earl Scruggs Revue, Mac Wiseman, II Generation, Clyde Moody, James Monroe, Curley Seckler, Homer Briarhopper, and Glenn Thompson.

Ralph appeared at the Michigan Bluegrass Festival, Midland County Fairgrounds, Midland, Michigan. Two tracks later appeared on the LP: Michigan Bluegrass Festival Vol. 1 1974 (Jessup MB 151) 1974.

Other advertised acts included: Charlie Moore, Larry Sparks, Del McCoury, Roy McGinnis & The Sunnysiders, Kentucky Gentlemen, Lee Allen, the Midland County Chicken String Band, Jim & Jennie Hall, and the Tennessee Valley Boys.

This was a new venue for the festival, having been held at Little Dodge City Park, Port Huron the previous year.

Ralph was billed as appearing at the Goins Bros., '3rd Annual Floyd County Bluegrass Festival' at Archer Park, Prestonsburg, Kentucky. The band may not have appeared on all three days however, as there was another show advertised on Saturday (22 Jul).

Other acts included: Country Gentlemen, Larry Sparks, Outdoor Plumbing Company, Frog & the Green Horns, Goins Bros. Second Edition, Russell Bros., South Salyers & Band, Goins Bros. II Edition, Woodettes, Lawsons, Boone Estep & the Copley Bros., Frog & the Greenhorns, and many others.

Ralph was billed as appearing at the '11th Annual Georgia State Bluegrass Festival' on Friday / Saturday (21-22nd July), Shoal Creek Country Music Park, Lavonia, Georgia.

The festival itself ran from 20-29th July and other acts included: Bluegrass Generation, Ed Hurt, Jones Bros., Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, JD Crowe, Jim & Jesse, Lost & Found, American Bluegrass Express, Flatbed, Osborne Bros., Lewis Family, Caffrey Family, Hillsiders, Wynn Osborne & Nashville Express, Red & Murphy & Co., , Bluegrass Cardinals, Bill Monroe, Red Rector - Bill Clifton, Bill Harrell, Chubby Anthony & Tall Timber, Pinnacle Boys, Uncle Josh Graves, Brakemen, New Country Grass, James Monroe, Nashville Grass, East Coast Boys, Bobby Hicks, Corporate Square, Bluegrass Little Bits, Mac Wiseman, Don Reno, Del McCoury, Charlie Cline, Country Gentlemen, and North Georgia Grass.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Saturday (21 Jul) with two shows at 4pm & 8pm at the '3rd Annual Henryville Bluegrass festival' in Henryville, Indiana.

The festival itself ran from 20-22 July and other acts included: Lonzo & Oscar show, George Stephens & Back Porch Bluegrass, Southern Indiana Bluegrass Express, Bluegrass'O Old, Southern Classics, Evening Light Gospel Singers, Lost Creek, and the West Family.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Sunday (21 Jul) as 'Winterhawk 85', at the Rothvoss Farm in Ancramdale, New York.

The festival itself ran from 19-21 July and was hosted by Dry Branch Fire Squad. Other acts included: Don Brown & Ozark Mountain Trio, JD Crowe, Suzanne Edmundson, Green Grass Cloggers, Mike Henderson, Hot Rize, Doyle Lawson, Lewis Family, Nashville Bluegrass Band, Traver Hollow, Tony Trischka & Skyline, Whetstone Run, and others.

Ralph had a show at Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts, Blue Mountain Lake, New York. Tickets cost $9 or $7 for arts center members.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Saturday (21 July) 1990 at the '12th Annual Southeastern Michigan's Bluegrass Festival' at Whitmore Lake, Michigan.

The festival itself ran from 20-21 July and other acts included: Vernon McIntyre, Goins Bros., Warrior River Boys, Williams Family, Harbourtown, Charlie Sizemore, Roy Cob, R & L Express, Tri-County Grass, Division Street, and Main Street Clggers.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Friday (21 Jul) at the '8th Annual Northeastern Ohio Bluegrass Festival' at the Family Campgrounds, 10 miles North of Warren, Ohio.

The festival itself ran from 20-22 July and other acts included: Lewis Family, Jim & Jesse, Mike Stevens, Larry Stephenson, Goins Bros., Stevens Family, Bluegrass Mountaineers, Bill Grant & Delia Bell, Robert White & Candy Mountain Express, Coney Carver & Rainbow Valley, Kentucky Club, Matheson Family Pride, East Kentucky Grass, Wildwood Express, and Lonesome Heart.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Sunday (21 Jul) at the 'Winterhawk' bluegrass festival, at Rothvoss Farm near Hillsdale, New York.

The festival itself ran from 18-21 July and other acts included: Riders In The Sky, David Grisman, John Hartford, Peter Rowan, Jerry Douglas, Seldom Scene, Del McCoury, IIIrd Tyme Out, Claire Lynch, Chesapeake, Walt Michael & Company, Austin Lounge Lizards, Richard Greene, Blue Highway, Northern Lights, Wyatt Rice & Santa Cruz, David Grier, Country Current, Robin & Linda Williams, Charles Sawtelle, String Fever, Vassar Clements, Peter Wernick, John Kirk & Trish Miller, Dede Wyland, Mike Munford, Bill Keith, Fiddlestyx, Schankman Twins, Crossroads, and Dry Branch Fire Squad.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Friday (21 Jul) at the '10th Annual Bluegrass Festival' at Olive Hill, Kentucky.

The festival itself ran from 20-22 July and other acts included: Changing Times, WillowCreek, Weekend Grass, Cumberland Gap, JD Crowe, Larry Sparks, Continental Divide, Larry Stephenson, Bluegrass Strangers, IIIrd Tyme Out, Doyle Lawson, Country Gentlemen, Blue Highway, Goins Bros., Hart Bros., and Carter County Cloggers.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Saturday (21 Jul) at Vince Combs' '13th Annual Bluegrass Festival' at Greene County fairgrounds, Xenia, Ohio.

The festival itself ran from 20-21 July and other acts included: Vince Combs & Shadetree Bluegrass, Gary Waldrep, Sullivan Family, Country Ham, Gary Brewer, Gerald Evans & Paradise, James Monroe, and Dean Osborne & East Bound.

Ralph had a show at Witherspoon Concert Hall, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska. Opening act was Brennen Leigh. Tickets cost $22 in advance, or $25 on the door.

Ralph was listed as appearing (at some point) at the 'Blue Ridge Music Center', Galax Virginia.

The event ran from 21-22 July and other acts included: Jesse McReynolds, Wayne Henderson, Stonemans, Highlanders, and Cana Ramblers.