I’m excited to finally get around to posting about this one. It’s one of my favorite songs on my favorite Ryan Adams album, and one I have yet to hear live. Before I saw the band in Indianapolis and St. Louis this fall, I sent a message to Brad Pemberton’s Facebook, asking if they would play “This House Is Not For Sale” at one of the shows. Well, while the sets were absolutely awesome, they didn’t play the song. I figured they get tons of requests online, and completely understood. Well, after the St. Louis show, Brad was signing my poster and complimenting me on my large marker (which he dubbed “the Sharpie Magnum”) I let him use to sign everyone’s stuff. Some girl made a comment about how she added him on Facebook, and I said I had, too. He looked at me and goes, “What’s your name? You kinda look familiar…” I replied, “Yeah, I wrote on your wall and requested ‘This House Is Not For Sale’ for tonight… You guys didn’t… You know… Play it…” We all laughed and he explained that he has to make the setlist with all of the other guys, and they can’t fit EVERYTHING in there (as much as they’d like to).
I’m going to see them one last time (possibly?) in Nashville next month. Maybe I’ll get my chance to hear it then…
This is one of those songs that did not initially appeal to me when I first heard the record but really grw on me over time.