(Photos 1-3) Screenshots from footage of Peter Tork and James Lee Stanley with Marilyn Ingram at the 1999 Lewisville Lawn Party (via YouTube); photo 4 by Newsday/Thomas A. Ferrara.
"Love to you always Peter" - Marilyn Ingram, Twitter, February 22, 2019
"You truly are still with us like the deep gentle voice that surrounded... thank-you for letting me, be me. It was a rare gift." - Marilyn Ingram, Instagram, February 22, 2020
āIngram, now the president of the Downtown Arts District Association in Winston-Salem, toured with Tork as a singer-songwriter with her band AURA 3, and later became his manager and publicist. She fondly recalled what she referred to as his āzen coolā aura and how supportive he was of fellow musicians. āHe was ageless, timeless, mystical and magical,ā she said. āThereās just nobody like Peter. He was sharing and giving, never such a diva that he didnāt love having other people on stage with him.... Thereās a million stories I could tell. I will carry them in my heart and I will carry his laughter. āHe loved camaraderie. He wanted to be in a band, he didnāt want to be a superstar.ā He performed at the Lewisville Lawn Party from 1997 to the mid-2000s, after the event moved to Tanglewood Park, and would sometimes come to the Triad to rehearse with Ingram and other musicians, even performing impromptu gigs in the area. She recalled a time when her band, Tork, and his friend and frequent collaborator James Lee Stanley were riding together in a car. āJames said, āYou know, if we had a car wreck, and all of us died, the headline would be āMonkee Killed in Wreck, Four Others With Him.ā Are you OK with that?āā she recalled. āAnd we all said absolutely. It was such an honor to perform with him.ā [...] āIām numb,ā she said. āHe was an amazing human being, and definitely my life is entirely different because I knew him. He made me realize I could do what I wanted to do. What kind of greater honor could you possibly get than that?āā - Winston-Salem Journal, February 21, 2019
