This appearance at Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio was organised by the Oberlin College Folk Club. One track from the 45min concert later resurfaced on the various artists LP The Audience Pleased (Oberlin Folk Music Club OCF-42-756) 1976, with a further three making it onto Shadows Of The Past (Copper Creek CCLP-0101) 1981, along with one of Chick Stripling's comedy routines.

Music from this show at Glocke Concert Hall, Bremen was later released as a lavish 2×CD set with hard-book: American Folk & Country Music Festival (Bear BCD-16849 BK) 2007.

Ralph had a show at Patrick County High School, Stuart, Virginia.

Ralph was billed at the 'Bluegrass Convention' on the Kissimee river at Plattsbluff, 8 miles west of Okeechobee. Other acts on the bill included: Lewis Family, Vassar Clements, Bluegrass Tarheels, Charlie Fryer, Country Gentlemen, Marc Pruett, Tom Henderson, and the Florida Bluegrass Boys.

Ralph was billed as appearing at 7pm Friday (17 Mar) at the '16th Annual JE Mainer Memorial Fiddlers & Bluegrass Convention' at Rock Springs School, Denver, North Carolina.

The convention itself ran from 17-18th March and included over 40 bands. Ralph appeared as special guest on Friday night, which ran from 7pm to midnight, and Miss North Carolina as special guest on Saturday.

Ralph played at the Shindig In The Barn, in the Guernsey barn, 5 miles East of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Also on the bill was Spirits Of Bluegrass.

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

Ralph was listed as appearing on Friday (17 Mar) at "Dakota's", Innsbrook Shoppes, 4036-C Cox Road, Glen Allen, Virginia.

The event itself ran from 16-18 March and also included: New Dominion Bluegrass and James King.

Ralph had a Sunday afternoon (3pm) show at the Iroquois Club, Roanoke, Virginia.

Ralph had a show at Brock Performing Arts Center, Mocksville, North Carolina. Also on the bill were Four Oaks Revue. Tickets cost $18 (students, children & seniors $16).

The concert was originally to take place on 15 Jan, but had to be rescheduled due to Ralph's induction into the Grand Ole Opry.

Ralph had a show as part of the 'Bluegrass In Garner 2001' series of concerts at Garner Historic Auditorium (old Garner Elementary School), Garner, North Carolina. Other acts on the bill included: True Grass, New Girls Nite Out, and the Wells Family. Tickets cost $16 in advance, or $20 on the door.

KET and KET 2 broadcast Herb E. Smith's film The Ralph Stanley Story.

Ralph had a Sunday afternoon show (2pm) at New Goochland County High School, Goochland, Virginia.

Ralph had a show at Sellersville Theater, Sellersville, Pennsylvania. Also on the bill were The Hix featuring Keith Brand. Tickets cost $38.50.

Ralph had a show at the Count Basie Theatre, Red Bank, New Jersey. Also appearing were David Bromberg (filling in for Tony Rice) & Peter Rowan.

At this recording session at Lundy Recording in Heidrick, Ky. CMB's Junior Blankenship and Ernie Thacker helped Johnny Collins record his cassette: Your Worries And Troubles Are Mine (Lundy LTD-153) 1992.