Did Aaron Kelly check out David Archuletas previous version of “Long and Winding Road?
” Apparently not, and some might contend he should have, just to gain some perspective. “I didn’t really go back,” says Aaron of his song choice. “I’ve heard a couple different versions that were sightly different than the original where they slowed it down a lot…. I do agree with Simon, the only thing is, I did not want to change the arrangement because you don’t want to [do that] and then have people hate you.” Whose idea was the didgeridoo? Give credit (or blame) to Crystal herself, who explained how she came to request the Australian instrument. “I was sitting outside one day and I was humming ‘Come Together’ and this one note came to me as a didgeridoo,” said Crystal. “We work with the band very closely. We can write our own arrangements, we can add any instrument we want, we have control over [out performances], so that’s nice.” Was Casey James floored by Simon’s favorable review of his performance? Pretty much. “It’s always nice to get compliments,” said Casey after the show, “e
