“Love For an Angel” is a bluegrass ballad written by Ronnie Bowman, the acclaimed singer and songwriter who came to prominence as the lead voice of the Lonesome River Band before a successful solo and songwriting career. He recorded it for one of his late-1990s solo albums.
The lyric is a study in unrequited love — a man who has given his whole heart to a woman he describes as an angel, only to find that feeling unreturned. That ache of devotion without reward suited Bowman’s warm, expressive voice, one of the most admired in modern bluegrass.
Bowman became one of the most successful songwriters to come out of the bluegrass world, with songs recorded across bluegrass and mainstream country. “Love For an Angel” stands among the heartfelt ballads that built his reputation as both a singer and a writer.
