“Crystal is without a doubt the most talented multi-instrumentalist and vocal arranger I have ever worked with,” Billy Joel says of Taliefero, whom Rolling Stone one called of music’s “best secret weapons.”

Crystal will be a lively addition to the panel, “I’m With The Band: The Trials And Tribulations Of A Touring Musician” that opens Pollstar Live! on Tuesday, Feb. 12 at 9:45 a.m.

Read Crystal’s new interview at Pollstar.

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