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    Songs We Love: Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit, 'If We Were Vampires'

    Wedding songs are hard, but marriage songs are harder. In this one, Isbell confronts reality, the downsides of shared days and the resilience that helps a couple overcome them.
    by Ann Powers May 18, 2017 1 minute
    Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit's <em>The Nashville Sound</em> comes out June 16.

    There are many different ways to write a wedding song. Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry looked to their own recent nuptials for inspiration, penning "." Paul Williams and Roger Nichols wrote "" for a Crocker Bank commercial. wrote the" to be the soundtrack for renewing her vows with her husband, Carl Dean, on their 50th anniversary. wrote "," which has had fans proposing marriage at his live shows, as an early way to court his now-wife, .

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