I wonder if there is some sort of stigma to lowering a key. I remember JD Souther saying at a concert in 2009 how proud he was that he still sang all his songs in the original key, and scoffed at his contemporaries who had lowered songs in their sets.

In the doc, it's said that Randy didn't want the song in the setlist at all, not that he wanted the key lowered. I think he didn't like the spotlight, period.

There we go. I hope no one was emotionally scarred by my reply.