'Rescue' hits a real low with new singer

   GRESHAM--  If the newest member of the popular, locally-based acappella song group Rescue hits a wrong note at an unusually low range during one of their concerts, it shouldn’t cause any concern. 

     No one - even he - will hear it.

     Tim Storms in October 2000 set the Guinness world record for the lowest note ever sung -- two octaves below the lowest note on the piano. Last fall he became the newest member of Rescue. On Monday, March 17,  Rescue releases its new CD, The Difference, which is its first recording with Storms on board.

 “    His record is official and certified with Guinness,” says Rescue member Jason McKenney.  “He broke the record inBranson,Mo.  They came and hooked up some kind of fancy machine to him that records hertz, because he sings below human detection.  He broke the previous record by an octave. After he broke the record, CNN did a story on him”.

     Though even Storms ca’'t hear his lowest note, he can still feel it, however, and the machine can still register the vibrations going on in his vocal chords, according to McKenney.

     Storms is originally fromIndiana, but has lived throughout theU.S.singing in acappella groups, including Acappella, The Vocal Union and AVB. 

     Most recently he was singing in Branson in a show called “Fifties at the Hop.”

     McKenney says Storms has a passion for singing about God, and for accapella, that dates back to his childhood.

     Storms replaced McKenney’s brother Josh, the group’s former basis, who felt led to pursue a career that would allow him to be at home more with his growing family. 

     McKenney said a friend of Rescue, who also has sung with the group Accapella, put the Northwest group in touch with Storms.  The fit and the timing seemed right, and before long Storms and his wife, Angie, moved from Branson to Troutdale.

     The CD will be available at local Christian Supply stores and through the group's Web site, www.rescuemusic.com.  For general information about the group, go to www.rescueministries.com or phone 1-888-RESCUE4.