David Shelby is a pastor turned police officer with a hobby in music. At Thursday’s Allen County Farmers Market he and his son Kyle will showcase their original music.
“Ninety percent of our music is original,” Shelby said. “Most of everything is written by either me or my sons.”
Granddad’s Garage, the name he and his sons gave themselves, play a mixture of Christian and folk music.
Shelby plays guitar and Kyle the sax and also guitar.
When Shelby was younger he and his family would get together at his grandfather’s house and if anyone had an instrument they were welcome to play.
“Everyone would play a different instrument. Whoever showed up with a musical instrument would jump in and play,” Shelby said.
Shelby grew up in the Kansas City area, where he met his wife.
They moved to Denver in 1999 where he was an investor adviser. In 2006 he became pastor for the Harvest Baptist church.
A few years later he became a police officer.
“I always wanted to be a police officer and the opportunity came up,” Shelby said. “You would be surprised how similar being a pastor and a police officer is.”
His restless nature has brought him to a lot of different places, but being a musician has stayed consistent.
“We used to just play in front of family,” Shelby said. “But we decided to start stepping out of the house.”
On Oct. 6 they will perform at the Iola’s First Presbyterian Church.
Thursday’s performance will begin at 5:30 p.m. at the Allen County Farmers Market at the southwest corner of the square.
