A show at Shenandoah Valley Bowl, Edingburg, Virginia, was recorded by Jeremy Foster and later released as Stanley Series, Vol. 2 No. 1 (Copper Creek CCSS-V2N1) 1984.

Ralph II played (at some point) at the 'Bluegrass Music Festival', Three Sisters Park, Chillicothe, Illinois.

The festival itself ran from 2-3 June and other acts included: Karl Shiflett, Cumberland Gap, Special Consensus, Boohers, Harmas, Buffalo City Ramblers, High Lonesome, and James Creek Road.

Ralph was billed to appear on the Sat/Sun at the 'Eubanks' 1st Annual Arkansas Bluegrass Festival' adjacent to the Petit Jean State Park. Other acts included: Rual Yarbrough, Lewis Family, Bill Box & The Drifters, Holy Bond & the Bluegrass Texans, and Dub Crouch & the Bluegrass Rounders. The event was organised by Joe Eubanks and Waymond Teague.

Ralph was billed as appearing at the '2nd Annual Bluegrass Festival' at the Double R Ranch, Little Hocking, Ohio. Other bands on the bill included: Lester Flatt, Osborne Brothers, Jimmy Martin, Mac Wiseman, Chuck Atkins, Larry Sparks, Goins Brothers, Frank Neccessary, and Lillimai & Dixie Gospelaires.

Sound at the festival was by Cager Farler, who released a 45 which featured Roy Lee Centers, Ricky Skaggs & Keith Whitley: Live And Let Live/Orange Blossom Special (Big Whizz 4) c1971

Ralph was advertised as appearing on Friday (3 Jun) at the '5th Annual Bluegrass Music Festival of the United States' at Riverfront Plaza, Louisville, Kentucky. Attendance for the free event was about 10,000 on the Friday.

The festival itself ran from the 3-5 June and other acts included: Highwood Stringband, Norman Blake, JD Crowe, Hutchison Bros., Katie Laur Band, Boone Creek, Goins Bros., and more.

I think some of the event may have been broadcast on TV. "The Courier-Journal" (3 Jun) lists a "Bluegrass Music Festival" on Channel 11 at 7pm that night featuring: Goins Bros., Buck White & Down Home Folks, Falls City Ramblers & Ralph Stanley performing on the Belvedere, with host Robin Logsdon.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Friday (2 Jun) and Sunday (4 Jun), at the "Bluegrass Festival", Mill Creek Recreation & Camp Grounds, between Broadway and Raymond, Ohio. The band wasn't listed as performing on Saturday (3 Jun) as they had another booking in Xenia, Ohio - about 65 miles away. The Mill Creek… festival location was on South Route 347 between Broadway & Raymond, 10 miles North of Marysville, Ohio.

Other acts included: Goins Bros., Bill Estep & Fields Bros., Bud Price & Carl Young, Jimmy Martin, Wheat Straw, Jim Napier, Bluegrass Gospel Boys, and Hud Haley & Bluegrass Country.

Ralph's appearance at Mill Creek Recreation & Camp Grounds on 2nd & 4 June, was interrupted by a booking at Larry Liming's 'Annual Bluegrass Festival' on the 3 June at Greene County Fairgrounds, Xenia, Ohio. Shows took place at 2pm and 6pm with the $5 tickets covering both sets. All proceeds from the day went to the Greene County Youth Activity Fund, Inc.

Other acts included: Marshall Family, Kentucky Gentlemen, Dixie Riders, and Country Grass.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Friday (1 Jun) & Sunday (3 Jun) at the '2nd Annual Milcreek Bluegrass Festival' between Broadway and Raymond in Ohio. On the Saturday (2 Jun) the band had another booking about 65 miles away in Xenia, Ohio.

The Millcreek festival itself ran from 1-3rd June and other acts included: Frog & the Greenhorns, Hud Haley, Jimmy Martin, Melvin Goins Show, Vernon McIntyre, Jim Napier & the Bluegrass Gospel Boys.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Friday (3 Jun) at 'Bobby's 2nd Annual Spring Riverbend Bluegrass Festival', 2 miles North of Crum, West Virginia.

The festival itself ran from 3-4 June and other acts included: Dave Evans, Larry Sparks, Don Reno, Goins Bros., Lowell Varney & Landon Messer, Bluegrass Review, and New Frontier Grass.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Sunday (3 Jun) at the 'Bluegrass Affair' in George Rogers Clark Park, Springfield, Ohio. The band were scheuled to appear at 11:30 am to 12:15pm.

The festival itself ran from 1-3 June and other acts included: JD Crowe, Redwing, Pony Express, Jim Preston & the Darby Drifters, Richard Dillow & the South Forty, Norman & Nancy Blake, Allen & Lilly Band, Bluegrass Badlanders & Harold Staggs, Vernon Literal & Mountain Furrow, Darrel Adkins & Sugar Creek, Bill Lowe & Cripple Creek, Locust Grove, and Wilbur Carpenter & the Kentucky Cut-Ups.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Saturday (3 Jun) at 'One More Bluegrass Festival' at Riverbend Music Park, 2 miles North of Crum, West Virginia.

The festival itself ran from 1-3 June and other acts included: Goins Bros., Riverside Grass, R.W. Skeens & Scioto Grass, Monroe Hollow Boys, Bill Monroe, Dave Evans, Warrior River Boys, Lonesome Pine Fiddlers Reunion, and a guest band.

Ralph was billed as appearing (at some point between 3-4 Jun) at the '23rd Annual Strawberry Park Bluegrass Festival' at Strawberry Park, Norwich, Connecticut.

The festival itself ran from 2-4 June and other acts included: Seldom Scene, Lonesome River Band, Laurie Lewis, Dry Branch Fire Squad, Schankman Twins, Amy Fallatin, Breakaway, Traver Hollow, Jonathan Edwards, Lonesome River Band, Ryan Holladay, and others.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Sunday (3rd June) at the '24th Annual Strawberry Park Bluegrass Festival' at Strawberry Park, Norwich, Connecticut.

The festival itself ran from 1-3 June and other acts included: Larry Cordle, Rhonda Vincent, Dry Branch Fire Squad, Peter Rowan - Tony Rice, Karl Shiflett, Traver Hollow, Schankman Twins, and Amy Gallatin.

Ralph was billed as appearing as part of T Bone Burnett's 'Great High Mountain Tour' featuring music from 'O Brother' and 'Cold Mountain', with a show at the Lawrence Joel Veteran's Memorial Coliseum, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Other acts included: Alison Krauss, The Whites, Sierra & Cody Hull, Norman & Nancy Blake, Nashville Bluegrass Band, Tim Eriksen, Riley Baugus, Dirk Powell, Reeltime Travelers, Ollabelle, and Sacred Harp Singers.

Ralph was billed as appearing (at some point) at the 'Bluegrass 'N More' festival at Morehead, Kentucky.

The festival itself ran from 3-5 June and other acts included: Tim O'Brien, Melvin Goins, Ronnie Reno, Larry Sparks, Primitive Quartet, Clack Mountain String Band, Bottomline, New Kentucky String Ticklers, Pete & Joan Wernick, Greg Schaber Band, Billie Renee & Cumberland Gap, Vanessa Batts, True Gospel Echoes, and more.

Ralph had a benefit show at the Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Tickets cost $45 - $65.

Ralph played as part of a "Crooked Road Festival" show at the College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia. Also appearing were: No Speed Limit, Wayne Henderson, Whitetop Mountain Band, and Ballards Branch Bogtrotters. Tickets cost $15 - $35.