Kenny Down 1961-2024

 Do not stand By my grave, and weep. I am not there, I do not sleep— I am the thousand winds that blow I am the diamond glints in snow I am the sunlight on ripened grain, I am the gentle, autumn rain. As you awake with morning’s hush, I am the swift, up-flinging rush Of quiet birds in circling flight, I am the day transcending night. Do not stand By my grave, and cry— I am not there, I did not die.

"Immortality" - Clare Harner Lyon

Mike McCready, Duff McKagan, Jay Inslee and others remember Kenny Down 

By 

Erik Lacitis

Seattle Times staff reporter

Former Seattle Times reporter Hal Bernton provided research assistance for this article.