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 was listed as appearing (at some point) at the 'Carter County Shrine Club Bluegrass Festival', at Shriner's Park, Olive Hill, Kentucky.

The festival itself ran from 17-19 July and other acts included: IIIrd Tyme Out, Don Rigsby, David Parmley, Lou Reid, Randy Waller, Junior Sisk, Bluegrass Strangers, Lost & Found, New River Line, Scott Tackett, Hart Bros., Schultz Creek, Rowan County Ramblers, Idle Tymes, Buck & Co., and All Kids Bluegrass Band.

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 Herman Smith's 'Original Michigan Bluegrass Festival' at the County Fairgrounds, Midland, Michigan. The festival overlapped with 'Country Gentlemen's Bluegrass Festival' which ran from the 20th July, so presumably Ralph didn't appear at both events on that date…

Other acts included: Larry Sparks, Country Gentlemen, Marshall Family, Kentucky Gentlemen, Lee Allen, Frank Necessary, Bannister Twins, Roy McGinnis & the Sunny Siders, and Bluegrass Longdistance.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Saturday / Sunday (19-20 Jul) at the '12th Annual Georgia State Bluegrass Festival' at Schoal Creek Country Park, Lavonia, Georgia.

The festival itself ran from 18-27 July and other acts included: Boys From Indiana, Bill Harrell, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Eddie & Martha Adcock, John Farley & the Dixie Hoedowners, Hobo's Junction, Bluegrass Littlebits, North Georgia Grass, Whetstone Run, Osborne Bros., Lewis Family, The Hoyles, Wynn Osborne, Flatbed, Brakemen, Mac Wiseman, Byrd Family, Bill Grant & Delia Bell, Lost & Found, Bluegrass Generation, McPeak Bros., JD Crowe, Jim & Jesse, Nashville Grass, McPeak Bros., Dave Evans & River Bend, Red Rector, Front Porch String Band, East Virginia, Don Reno, Pinnacle Boys, Red & Murphy & Co., Shenandoah Cut-Ups, and Heights Of Grass.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Saturday / Sunday (18-19 Jul) at the '1st Annual Country Bluegrass Camporee' at Klein's Grove Campsites 1 ½ miles North of Bath, Pennsylvania.

The festival itself ran from 17-19th July and other acts included: Country Gentlemen, Bill Harrell, Country Ham, Lost Ramblers, Country Sunshine, Chester Johnson & the Foggy Mountain Grass, Reichart Bros. Blue Grass Mountain Boys, and New County Boys.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Saturday (19 Jul) at the 'Southeastern Michigan's 8th Annual Old Time Mountain Music & Bluegrass Festival' at Whitmore Lake, Michigan.

The festival itself ran from 18-20 July and other acts included: Bill Harrell, JD Crowe, Bluegrass Generation, Flatland grass, Maumee Valley Grass, Jimmy Martin, Goins Bros., Kentucky Gentlemen, R & L Bluegrass, Blue Velvet, North Country Grass, and Southern Gospel Boys.

Ralph was listed as playing on Sunday (19 Jul) at the Winterhawk Bluegrass Festival, Rothvoss Farm near Hillsdale, New York.

The festival itself ran from 17-19 July and other acts included: Seldom Scene, Dry Branch Fire Squad, Hot Rize, Peter Rowan, John Hartford, Nashville Bluegrass Band, Lewis Family, C.W. Brock Family, Walt Michael & Co., Bill Lowe, Traver Hollow, Fiddlestyx, and Mt. Laurel Cloggers.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Friday (19 Jul) at the Annual Little Eagle Creek Bluegrass Festival in Rynearson Farm, in Westfield, Indiana.

The festival itself ran from 18-21 July and other acts included: Lewis Family, Vernon McIntyre's Appalachian Grass, Emma Smith, Hurricane Creek, Red Wing, Buck Jackson & Leisure Time Band, Denham Bros., Southern Horizon, and Fishermen Quartet.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Friday (19 Jul) at the '9th Annual Northeastern Ohio Bluegrass Festival' at Paradise Lakes Family Campground, Bristolville, Ohio.

The festival itself ran from 18-20 July and other acts included: Doyle Lawson, Lewis Family, Larry Stephenson, Goins Bros., Bluegrass Mountaineers, Matheson Family, Coney Carver, Vince Combs & Shadetree, Robert White & Candy Mountain Express, Hart Bros., and Saffle Bros.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Saturday (19 Jul) at the 'Carter County Shrine Club 7th Annual Bluegrass festival', Olive Hill, Kentucky.

The festival itself ran from 17-19 July, and other acts included: James King, Five For The Gospel, Touch Of Grass, Southern Heritage, Osborne Bros., Country Gentlemen, Stevens Family, Unlimited Tradition, Hart Bros., Bluegrass Strangers, Bluegrass Thoroughbreds, Jim Rigsby & Rock Bottom, IIIrd Tyme Out, Lonesome River Band, Goins Bros., Logan Hollow Band, and Chain Reaction.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Sunday (19 Jul) at 'Winterhawk Bluegrass Festival' at Rothvoss Farm near Hillsdale, New York.

The festival itself ran from 16-19 July and other acts included: Sam Bush, Del McCoury, Tim O'Brien, Bela Fleck, Laurie Lewis, Tony Rice & Peter Rowan, Lonesome River Band, Darol Anger with David Grier, Tony Trischka & Friends, Continental Divide, Country Current, Frieght Hoppers, Roy Book Binder, Steve Riley & Mamou Playboys, Chris Thile & Nickel Creek, Fox Family, Bill Keith, Charles Sawtelle, The Adairs, Walt Michael Reunion, Crucial Smith, Schankman Twins, John Kirk & Trish Miller, Gibson Bros., Mike Henderson, Breakaway, The Piners, Fiddlestyx, Dry Branch Fire Squad, and others.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Thursday (19 Jul) at the '18th Annual Mineral Bluegrass Festival' at Walton Park, Mineral, Virginia.

The festival itself ran from 19-21 July and other acts included: Ricky Skaggs, Country Gentlemen, Lewis Family, Mac Wiseman, Jim & Jesse, Doyle Lawson, Lonesome River Band, Osborne Bros., Village Singers, Larry Stephenson, New Girls Nite Out, Raymond Fairchild, Mark Newton, Alvin Breeden & Virginia Cut-ups, Local Exchange, Cliff Waldron, and Timmons Family.

Ralph appeared as part of the 'Down From The Mountain' tour at the Frank Erwin Center, Austin, Texas. Other acts included: Alison Krauss, Jerry Douglas, Dan Tyminiski, Nashville Bluegrass Band, and Norman Blake.

Earlier in the evening (5pm) Ralph made an in store appearance at Waterloo Records in Austin for autograph signing.