Angel from Montgomery

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"Angel from Montgomery" is a folk-country song, written by John Prine and widely popularized by Bonnie Raitt, that poignantly portrays the regrets and yearning of a middle-aged woman stuck in a stagnant life.

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Angel from Montgomery canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf song ⓘ
composer John Prine NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
describedAs melancholic ⓘ
poignant ⓘ
genre country ⓘ
folk ⓘ
hasCulturalImpact widely covered by American folk and country artists ⓘ
hasReputation one of John Prine’s best-known compositions ⓘ
signature song for Bonnie Raitt ⓘ
hasSubject aging ⓘ
desire for escape ⓘ
disillusionment ⓘ
housewife ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist John Prine NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
notablePerformer Bonnie Raitt NERFINISHED ⓘ
John Prine NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalPerformer John Prine NERFINISHED ⓘ
popularizedBy Bonnie Raitt NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting Montgomery, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ
theme middle-aged woman’s perspective ⓘ
regret ⓘ
stagnant life ⓘ
yearning ⓘ
writer John Prine NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Bonnie Raitt → notableSong → Angel from Montgomery ⓘ
John Prine → notableWork → Angel from Montgomery ⓘ