Complex sentence: Shelley played percussion live and in the studio with jazz artist Randy Bernsen, legendary bassist Jaco Pastorius and other local artists before joining popular area reggae band Tishan in 1982 as singer and guitarist.
Split into simpler sentences: Shelley played percussion live and in the studio with jazz artist Randy Bernsen, legendary bassist Jaco Pastorius and other local artists. In 1982, David Shelley joined popular area reggae band Tishan as singer and guitarist.