This significant one-day all blue grass event, organised by Bill Clifton also featured Bill Monroe, Stanley Brothers, Jim & Jessie, Country Gents & Mac Wiseman. Some recordings of Bill Monroe and the Stanley Brothers appearances have resurfaced, but only one track Sugar Coated Love a duet with Carter Stanley and Bill Monroe has resurfaced officially on the 3×CD Definitive Collection (1947 - 1966) (Time Life B00007883-02) 2007.

Ralph II led the CMBs on an excellent show at Coeburn's 4th of July Festival, Coeburn Virginia. Dr. Ralph also appeared for a few songs towards the end of the show. Jesse McReynolds also performed and a video can be found on youtube.

Some sets from Carlton Haney's Berryville festival at Watermelon Park, Berryville, Virginia were recorded by Ken Landreth and other members of the audience. Ralph later released one such recording on CD as Live at Watermelon Park (Stanleytone records STR-1105) 2005.

More recordings from the festival can be found on Fred Robbins' website.

Ralph appeared on all three days at Carlton Haney's '3rd Annual Berryville Bluegrass Festival', at Watermelon Park, Berryville, Virginia.

Other acts included: Bill Monroe, Reno-Harrell, Red Smiley, Bluegrass Alliance, Randall Collins - Curtis Blackwell & Dixie Bluegrass Boys, Shenandoah Valley Cut-Ups, Roger & Joan Sprung, Goins Bros., Osborne Bros., and Jimmy Martin.

Ralph was billed as appearing at 'Carlton Haney & John Miller's Bluegrass Festival', Watermelon Park, Berryville, Virginia. Other advertised acts included: Roger & Joan Sprung, Cliff Waldron, Osborne Brothers, Mac Wiseman, Walter Hensley, Lilly Brothers, Tex Logan & Don Stover, Del McCoury, Chubby Wise, A.L. Wood & Smoky Ridge Boys, Randall Collins & Curtis Blackwell, New Deal String Band, Earl Scruggs, and Country Gentlemen.

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.

An Independence Day show by Ralph was listed at 'Ralph Stanley's Memorial Park' in Bluegrass Unlimited's Personal Appearance calendar.

Ralph was billed as appearing at 'James Monroe's 4th Annual Bluegrass Festival' at Kineauvista, Tennessee. It's unlikely that the CMB's played on all dates, as they had another show listed on the 3-4th July at the Stanley Old Home Place.

Other advertised acts included: Bill Monroe, Country Gentlemen, Jim & Jesse, Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper, James Monroe, Clyde Moody, Bobby Smith & the Boys From Shiloh, Jones Bros., Larry Sparks, Jim McCall - Vernon McIntyre & the Appalachian Grass, and Hubert Davis & the Season Travelers.

An Independence Day show by Ralph at the Stanley Old Home Place, along with Mac Wiseman. It was advertised a 'Big Bluegrass Show' with many other acts promised, and started at 6pm on the 3rd.

Ralph was billed as appearing at James Monroe's '5th Annual Bluegrass Festival' at Monroe's Bluegrass Music Land Park, Kineauvista, near Cosby/Newport, Tennessee. The festival ran from the 3rd-5th July, but as Ralph had another booking on the 3rd, he presumably only played on the Friday / Saturday (4/5th).

Other advertised acts included: Bill Monroe, James Monroe, Pee Wee King, Ernest Tubb & the Texas Troubadours, Bluegrass Alliance, Marshall Family, Country Gentlemen, Jimmy Martin, McLain Family, Red Rector, and Birch Monroe.

Ralph was billed as appearing on the Saturday / Sunday (3-4th) at James Monroe's 'Tennessee Bluegrass Festival'.

The festival itself ran from 1-4th July and other acts included: Bill Monroe, James Monroe, Outdoor Plumbing Company, Bill Clifton - Red Rector, Garland Shuping - Darell Sanson & Wild Country, Carl Sauseman, Robert White & the Candy Mountain Boys, Birch Monroe, Red White & Blue(grass), Jimmy Martin, JD Crowe, Blue Denim, and Marc Pruett & the New Day Country Band.

Ralph was billed appearing (sometime between 3-4 Jul) at 'Bluegrass 78' at Haspin Acres in Laurel, Indiana.

The festival itself ran from 30 Jun - 4 July and other acts included: Goins Bros., Boys From Indiana, Russell Bros., Kentucky Gentlemen, The Mayor & Buford, Dixie & the Hillsiders, Scotty Jackson & Kentucky Shore, Muddy River Band, and Blue Velvet.

Ralph was billed as appearing at some point at 'Bluegrass '80' held at Haspin Acres, Laurel, Indiana. The band also had another booking which overlapped this festival between 4-6th July.

Other acts included: Lewis Family, Buford & the Mayor, Hot Mud Family, Raymond Fairchild, Sandy Valley Boys, Nelson Young, JD Crowe, Lost & Found, Goins Bros., Goins Bros 2nd Generation, Young Blades Of Bluegrass, Kentucky Gentlemen, and Mac Wiseman.

Ralph was billed as appearing at the '3rd Annual Bluegrass Festival' at the Fairgrounds in Russell Springs, Kentucky.

Other acts included: James Monroe, Ed Hamilton & Bluegrass, Clyde & Marie Denny with Wade Hill, Old Joe Clark & Terry, Lost Kentuckians, Rev. Harvey Parker & the Sunlighters, and Victor Boys.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Saturday / Sunday (4-5 Jul) at 'Bluegrass 1981', Haspin Acres, Laurel, Indiana. The band also had another booking on the 5 Jul at Mt. Gilead, Ohio - 190 miles away, so either they played an early Sunday show at Haspin Acres or didn't play here on the Sunday.

The festival itself ran from 3-5 July, and other acts included: Goins Bros., Bluegrass Meditation, Dixie & the Hillsiders, Lewis Family, JD Crowe, Osborne Bros, Gary Strong, Kentucky Gentlemen, Young Blades Of Bluegrass, Boys From Indiana.

Ralph had a free morning (10am) appearance at this historic Fort Wayne, as part of Detroit's independence day celebrations. Afterwards the band travelled 280 miles to the Bluegrass Festival in Haspin Acres, Laurel, Indiana.

Ralph was billed as appearing at some point at 'Bluegrass 82' festival in Haspin Acres, Laurel, Indiana.

Other acts included: Osborne Bros., Country Gentlemen, Melvin Goins, Lewis Family, Kentucky Gentlemen, Bluegrass Thoroughbreds, and (Young) Blades Of Bluegrass.

Ralph was billed as appearing (at some point) at the 'Pike County Breakdown Festival Of The Masters' in Pikeville, Kentucky.

The festival itself ran from 4-8 July and other acts included: Bill Monroe, Ricky Skaggs, The Whites, Johnson Mountain Boys, New Coon Creek Girls, Sally Mountain Show, Country Gentlemen, JD Crowe, Boys From Indiana, Virginia Squires, Coal Town Grass, Osborne Bros, Goins Bros., Doyle Lawson, James Monroe, Jerry Williamson & Redwing, Larry Sparks, Summer Wages, Dave Evans, Joe Stone & the Stone Valley Boys, Wood & Strings, Mountain Fever, Payday Boys, Mountain Willow, Royal Heirs, Brush Creek, Mule Band, North Wind, Big Sandy Grass, West Virginia Ramblers, Bluegrass Meditations, Blue Grass Drifters, Gum Branch Heartbreakers, Robin Tackett Show, and Larry Fuller & Born Again.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Friday (4 Jul) at the '2nd Annual All Star Reunion' at Green Acres Music Park, in Martinsville, Indiana.

The festival itself ran from 4-6 July, and other acts included: George Jones, Bill Monroe, Jimmy Martin, Osborne Bros., The Whites, Lewis Family, Jim & Jesse, Wilma Lee Cooper, Mac Wiseman, Ed Hamilton, Denhams Bluegrass, Larry Sparks, and Blanchard Valley Boys,.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Saturday (4 Jul) at the '1987 Bluegrass Festival' in Wayside Park, Stuart, Virginia.

The festival itself ran from 2-4 July and other acts included: Kenny Baker - Josh Graves & the Dominons, Country Gentlemen, Durham Family, Bill Grant & Delia Bell, Jim Orange, Halbrook Family, Sullivan Family, Lillie Mae & the Gospel-Aires, Curley Seckler & the Nashville Grass, Seldom Scene, Jim Eanes, and Quicksilver.

Ralph had a two-day show listed in Buck Horn, Kentucky.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Saturday (4 Jul) at 'Clay Park's 5th Annual Whippoorwill Woods Bluegrass festival' in Clay's Park, 2 miles South of Canal Fulton, Ohio.

The festival itself ran from 3-5 July and other acts included: IIIrd Tyme Out, Alison Krauss, Bill Monroe, Larry Stephenson, Larry Sparks, Robert White, Bluegrass Mountaineers, Coney Carver & Rainbow Valley, East Ohio Grass, Rob Morgan, Vince Combs & Shadetree, John McNeely & Friends, and Southern Comfort.

Ralph appeared as part of Ricky Skaggs' Pickin' Party at the Palladium Ampitheatre in Carowinds Amusement Park, Charlotte, North Carolina. Other acts included: Ricky Skaggs, Osborne Bros., Alison Krauss, Nashville Bluegrass Band, The Whites, and Del McCoury.

Admission was included in admission to the Amusement Park or $10 for the concert alone.

Ralph was listed as appearing on Tuesday (4 Jul) at 'Primitive Quartet's Singing at Hominy Valley', Candler, North Carolina.

The event itself ran from 30 June to 4 July and other acts included: The Isaacs, Hayes Family, Charles Johnson & the Revivers, the Singing Echoes, the Good Shepherd, Doyle Lawson, The Marksmen, and Primitive Quartet.

Ralph had an Independence Day booking at Lebanon Middle School in Lebanon, Virginia. The event was sponsored by the Lebanon Lions Club and ran throughout the day. The event began with a Lion Club Pancake breakfast from 7:30-9am, culminating in a fireworks show around 9pm. Ralph acted as marshall for a parade through the town at 11am, and the CMBs played at 1pm & 7pm. The parade also included a 5½ x 14 feet long cake topped with 1,440 US flags.

Ralph was listed as playing at a 'Festival' in Green Top, Missouri.

Ralph was listed as appearing at the 'American Roots Festival' at Sylvan Theater, Washington Monument Gardens, Washington DC. The 3 hour show was broadcast on Radio as 'The 1999 Independence Day Concert' on WCQS 88.1 FM, and also included: Tito Puente and others.

Ralph had a show at the Middle School, Lebanon, Virginia.

Ralph had a show at Lebanon Middle School, Lebanon, Virginia.

Ralph had a show at the Birchmere, Alexandria, Virginia. Tickets cost $18.50.

Ralph had a show at Cody Creek, Dobson, North Carolina. Also on the bill was Lonesome River Band.

Ralph had a show at Lincoln County High School, Hamlin, West Virginia. Also appearing were Adrienne Young.

Ralph was listed as appearing on Saturday (4 Jul) at 'Rothbury Fest', Rothbury, Michigan. The band were scheduled to appear at 1:30pm at "The Odeum" stage.

The festival itself ran from 2-5 July and also featured: The Dead, Bob Dylan, String Cheese Incident, Willie Nelson, Black Crowes, STS9, Damian 'Jr Gong' Marley & Nas, G.Love & Special Sauce, Gov't Mule, Broken Social Scene, Yonder Mountain String Band, Disco Biscuits, Les Claypool, Cold War Kids, John Butler, Chromeo, Ani Difranco, Matisyahu, Guster, Girl Talk, Femi Kuti & Positive Force, MSTRKFRT, Martin Sexton, Flogging Molly, Railroad Earth, The Hold Steady, Toots & the Maytals, Brett Dennen, Zappa Plays Zappa, Grace Potter & the Noturnals, Shpongle DJ set, Son Volt, Jackie Greene, Soulive, Man Man, Tony Rice and Peter Rowan, Eoto, King Sunny Ade & His African Beats, Lotus, Kid Cudi and loads more..

Ralph was billed as appearing (at some point) at the 'Oak Leaf Bluegrass & Mountain Music Festival', Luray Caverns, Luray, Virginia.

The festival celebrated 50 years since Bill Clifton's first bluegrass festival (4 July 1961) and ran from 2-4 July. Other acts included: Bill Clifton with Jimmy Gaudreau, Eddie & Martha Adcock with Tom Gray, Robin & Linda Williams, Bill Emerson, Larry Stephenson, Steel Wheels, Nothin' Fancy, Shenandoah Drive, and Virginia Blue.

Ralph appeared at the "5th Annual Classic City American Music Festival", at The Melting Point, Foundry Park Inn & Spa, Athens, Georgia. Tickets cost $20 in advance, or $25 on the door.

Other acts included: Packway Handle Band, High Strung String Band