This show at New River Ranch, Rising Sun. Maryland was recorded by Lamar Grier and was released on Stanley Series, Vol. 1 No. 1 (Copper Creek CCSS-V1N1) Jun 1982.

Ralph II was billed as appearing (presumably with the CMBs) on Saturday (21 May) at the 'Central Virginia Family Bluegrass Music Festival', Amelia Family Campgrounds, Amelia, Virginia.

The festival itself ran from 19-21 May and other acts included: James King, Lost & Found, Country Gentlemen, Alecia Nugent, Mill Run, Bluegrass Brothers, Warrior River Boys, Salt Marsh, Flat Land, Black Water, Low Profile, Danny Haller, Constant Change, Page County Ramblers, Rock Solid, Nu-Cut Road, Flat Creek, Smith Mountain Grass, and a Youth Group.

Ralph had a show at the Capitol Theatre, Elizabethton, Tennessee. Other acts included: The Toe River Boys with Dorothy Arnold, The Tennessee Partners with George Hazelwood, Paul Fletcher & Tennessee Mountain Boys, and many others.

Ralph was on the bill for the '2nd Annual Montgomery County Bluegrass Festival', one mile west of Troy on Highway 27. Also advertised were: Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt, Jimmy Martin, James Monroe, Jones Brothers & the Log Cabin Boys, Lewis Family, Goins Brothers, Smokey Ridge Boys, Lincoln County Partners, Charlie Moore, Shenandoah Cut-Ups, Curly Seckler, Home Briarhopper-Glenn Thompson, Jim Eanes, and Bluegrass Partners. Although the festival ran from the 18-21st, from the advert it looks likely that Ralph would have only played on the Sat/Sunday.

Ralph was billed as appearing at 'R.W. Skeens Bluegrass Festival' about 10 miles from Wheelersburg, near South Webster, Ohio.

The festival was co-presented by R.W. Skeens and the Goins Brothers. Other advertised acts included: Goins Bros., Larry Sparks, Outdoor Plumbing Company, R.W. Skeens & band, Frog & the Green Horns, and many others.

Ralph was billed as appearing at 'R.W. Skeens Bluegrass Festival' 10 miles from Wheelersburg near South Webster, Ohio.

Other acts included: Osborne Bros., Country Gentlemen, Lewis Family, Goins Bros., Marshall Family, RW Skeens & Band, Poverty String Band, Outdoor Plumbing Company, Frog & the Green Horns, and many others.

Ralph was billed as appearing (on either the Friday or Sunday 19/21 May) at the '1st Annual Blue Denim Blue Grass Festival' at Nelson Royall's Diamond R Music Park, near Mooresville, North Carolina.

The festival itself ran from 19-21 May and other acts included: Buck White, Blue Grass Blend, Pinnacle Boys, RC Harris & Blue Denim, Knoxville Grass, Cliff Waldron, Shuffler Family, Rex Nelson Singers, Raymond Fairchild, Del McCoury, Strings Of Fire, Wayne Henderson & Ray Cline, Watkins Family, McPeak Bros., and special guests.

The "Lexington Herald" listed a radio broadcast on WEKU-FM of "Bluegrass In The Mountains": "This music, evolved from several older forms of mountain music, is featured through recordings of Ralph Stanley (recorded at the Clinch Valley College Appalachian Festival in 1970) and the New River Boys".

The festival referred to may be the 29 Oct 1970 show at Clinch Valley College, Wise, Virginia.

Ralph's '11th Annual Memorial Festival' took place at the Old Home Place between McClure and Coeburn, Virginia.

Other bands included: Bill Monroe, Lost Kentuckians, Bill Grant & Delia Bell, Clyde & Marie Denny with Wade Hill & Co., Stanford Stanley & Band, Country Gentlemen, Rocky Mountain Boys, Outdoor Plumbing Co., Young Blades Of Grass, Marshall Family, Wilson Bros., Terry Rose & Band, Uncut Grass, Kentucky Mountain Boys, Goins Bros.,

Ralph was billed as appearing on Friday (21 May) at the Muddy River Band's '1st Annual Stone Valley Bluegrass' at Joe Stone's family farm in Harrison, Indiana.

The festival itself ran from 21-23 May and other acts included: Bill Monroe, JD Crowe, Don Reno, Bluegrass Cardinals, Quicksilver, Dave Evans, Knoxville Grass, and the Muddy River Band.

Ralph was billed as appearing at the '8th Annual Bluegrass Festival' in Scioto Co. Fairgrounds, Lucasville, Ohio.

Other acts included: Lewis Family, Boys From Indiana, Goins Bros., Outdoor Plumbing Co., Tennessee Gentlemen, Dave Evans, Bill McGarity & Blue Mountain Bluegrass, New Frontier Grass, and Robin Tackett & the Taste of Grass.

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

Ralph's '17th Annual Memorial Bluegrass Festival' took place in Roxana, Kentucky. An audio recording exists of one of Ralph's sets from Thursday (21 May) and various video recordings from the festival can be found on youtube.

Other acts included: Bill Monroe, Boys From Indiana, Dave Evans, Outdoor Plumbing Co., Brickey Bros, Larry Sparks, Stevens Family, Cloggers, Gary & Anita Sanders, and others.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Saturday (21 May) at the '2nd Annual Bluegrass Music Festival' in Perkins Music Park, 16 miles East of Chillicothe, Ohio.

The festival itself ran from 20-21 May and other acts included: Bass Mountain Boys, Goins Bros., Bluegrass Strangers, Ed Hamilton - Mr Bluegrass, New Liberty Grass, and Monroe Hollow Boys.

Ralph held his '22nd Annual Memorial Blue Grass Festival' at the Old Home Place between Coeburn and McClure, Virginia.

Other acts included: Patty Loveless, Alvin Breeden & band, Gary & Anita with Verlin Sanders, Bill Monroe, Raymond Fairchild, River Grass Revue, Goins Bros, Blue Grass Strangers, Stevens Family, Bill Price & Band, Johnson Mountain Boys, Larry Sparks, Paul Mullins & Traditional Grass, Brickey Bros., Vince Combs & Shade Tree Blue Grass Boys, and Timmy Cline band.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Saturday (21 May) at the '2nd Annual Alton & Bertha Walters Bluegrass Festival' near Lake Hartwell, 1.8 miles from Hartwell, Georgia. I'm not sure if this is correct however, as there was another appearance advertised at Shoal Creek Music Park, Lavonia, Georgia.

The festival itself ran from 19-21 May and other acts included: Osborne Bros., Sullivan Family, Brandy Rock Mountain Band, Lincoln County Partners, Larkin Family, Silver Valley, Kelly Mountain Boys, Cheyenne, Blackwell Tradition, and Crossroads Bluegrass.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Saturday (21 May) at Shoal Creek Music Park, Lavonia, Georgia.I'm not sure if this is correct however, as there was another appearance advertised at a festival near Hartwell, Georgia.

Clem's Shoal Creek Music Park event ran from 19-21 May and other acts included: Osborne Bros., Rock Mountain Band, Lincoln County Partners, Larkin Family, Crossroads Bluegrass Band (19 May); Silver Valley, Cheyenne, Blackwell Tradition, Sullivan Family (20 May); and Ralph plus the Kelly Mountain Boys (21 May).

Ralph held his '28th Memorial' festival at the Old Home Place, between Coeburn and McClure, Virginia. A VHS video / DVD was later released from the festival as The Legacy Continues.

Other acts listed included: Bluegrass Strangers, Larry Sparks, Isaacs, Jim Lauderdale, James King, Doyle Lawson, Warrior River Boys, and Goins Bros.

Ralph played during the 7:30 segment at the Grand Ole Opry, Nashville, Tennessee. Also appearing were the Osborne Bros. Tickets cost $20 for the main floor/lower balcony, and $18 for the upper balcony.

Ralph appeared at the 'Sheandoah Valley Festival of Music', Cameron Hall, Lexington, Virginia. Other acts included: Ricky Skaggs, Mac Wiseman, III Tyme Out, Mark Newton, Keith Bryant & Ironhorse, Nothin' Fancy Bluegrass Band, and the Ruley Bros. Band. Tickets cost $22 in advance (students $15).

Advertisements for the show mention that it was recorded for Public TV.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Saturday (21 May) at the 'Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival' at Granite Hill Campground, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The band were scheduled to perform a 90min show at 8pm.

The band itself ran from 20-23 May and other acts included: Ricky Skaggs, Rhonda Vincent, Seldom Scene, Doyle Lawson, Dry Branch Fire Squad, IIIrd Tyme Out, Lewis Family, Gibson Bros., Rarely Herd, Lou Reid & Carolina, Bluegrass Intentions, Cherryholmes, Wildfire, Jimmy Bowen & Santa Fe, Special Consensus, Gary Ferguson, Patent Pending, Patuxent Partners, Pete & Joan Wernick.

Ralph held his '39th Annual Memorial Weekend Bluegrass Festival' at the Hills Of Home Park, between Coeburn & McClure, Virginia.

Other acts included: Cherryholmes, Dave Evans, James King, Lewis Family, Jim Lauderdale, Gillian Welch, Larry Sparks, Paul Williams, George Shuffler, Melvin Goins, Cumberland Highlanders, Midnight Ramblers, The Lawsons, Summertown Road, Joe Mullins & Radio Ramblers, and Tennessee Skyline.

Ralph had a show at the Pulaski Theater, Pulaski, Virginia. Tickets cost $22 in advance, or $25 on the door.

At this session at Maggard Studio, Big Stone Gap, Vrginia, CMB's Junior Blankenship and James Price helped John Wright record his second album: Promises (No Label SL-1003) 1996.

At this Nashville session Ralph and Ricky Skaggs helped Bill Monroe record a version of Carter Stanley's Harbor Of Love. It was released on Bill's album Cryin' Holy Unto The Lord (MCA 10017) 1991.