I recorded "Angel From Montgomery" at 24-bit/192 kHz. Of course I fell in love with every song on it. Reportedly, an "Angel from Montgomery" is a pardon from the governor for someone s crime of murder. But he was an old 22: An Army vet lucky enough to … John Prine explains the meanings behind his songs including Donald & Lydia, Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness, Angel From Montgomery and Paradise. Got to see him at Merlefest one … Watermelon Slim – Angel From Montgomery (John Prine cover) It took Bonnie Raitt to add a blues feel to what was already a sad song. But it took Watermelon Slim –who has spoken of the days in the ’70s when he “played peace rallies, sit-ins and rabbleroused musically with the likes of Bonnie Raitt”–to give it the full-on blues treatment. “Angel from Montgomery,” John Prine & the band, featuring Jason Wilber on slide guitar (check out his solo), Dave Jacques on bass. I think I bought the CD of John’s 1st album because I’d heard someone play Angel From Montgomery and loved it and looked up the writer, but honestly don’t remember when or where. "Angels from the Realms of Glory" is a Christmas carol written by Scottish poet James Montgomery. In 1974, Bonnie Raitt recorded “Angel from Montgomery” for her fourth album, “Streetlights,” and imbued the song with so much pathos and tenderness that it … 2. What s great about John Prine, like all great song writers, he writes tunes that the listener can interpret in their won way. Watch John Prine And Bonnie Raitt Perform 'Angel From Montgomery' The beloved singer and songwriter was the embodying spirit of Americana … But it was Angel From Montgomery which has stood the test of timelessness and, like Paradise, has enjoyed widespread interpretation. Prine said a friend had suggested he wrote ‘another song about old people’, alluding to the evocative Hello In There about a forgotten elderly couple in a Baptist home where he had helped deliver newspapers. Will a non-audiophile consumer be able to notice the difference between the stereo version and the Dolby Atmos version of "Angel From Montgomery?" The song was “Angel From Montgomery,” and he wrote it when he was 22, best he can recall. The old woman wants a "pardon" from her life that she feels has not fulfilled her expectations. We're locked in at 48K for now, but that doesn't mean that I'm not prepared for when we go higher. It was first printed in the Sheffield Iris on Christmas Eve 1816, though it only began to be sung in churches after its 1825 reprinting in the Montgomery collection The Christian Psalmist and in the Religious Tract Society's The Christmas Box or New Year's Gift. The Voice Knockout rounds continued with standout performances, including one from Joanna Serenko singing a John Prine song.