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“Ain't Wastin' Time No More” by Allman Brothers Band
From the album Eat a Peach (1972)
“Ain't Wastin' Time No More” by Allman Brothers Band appears on 14 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 2001 and 2024. It was first released in 1972 on the album Eat a Peach. Its best result is #369 on the 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,055 indie & aaa song of all time.
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"Ain't Wastin' Time No More" was the first single off Eat a Peach, the Allman Brothers Band's third studio album, issued on Capricorn in 1972, and it's Gregg Allman's reckoning with the loss of his brother Duane, the group's leader and guitarist, who died in a 1971 motorcycle crash. Gregg had most of the music done before Duane died. When Berry Oakley and Jaimoe asked after it, he felt he had to cut it, writing the words at a Steinway in Miami's Criteria Studios, where the band recorded it that December. Grief isn't all that's on his mind: the lyric also turns to soldiers coming home from Vietnam.
Tom Dowd produced. Gregg sings and plays piano and organ, Dickey Betts takes guitar and slide, Oakley plays bass, and Butch Trucks and Jai Johanny Johanson double up on drums.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
Classic Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 980 | WFPK | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2000 |
| 2002 | 614 | 92.3 KGON | KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) | 923 |
| 2004 | 617 | 92.3 KGON | KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) | 923 |
| 2004 | 783 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004) | 885 |
| 2010 | 596 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) | 885 |
| 2013 | 414 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2013) | 500 |
| 2014 | 542 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) | 1000 |
| 2015 | 445 | 102.9 The Whale | 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2015) | 500 |
| 2015 | 369 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) | 1007 |
| 2016 | 878 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 | 1007 |
| 2020 | 527 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2023 | 981 | Q104.3 | Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) | 1043 |
| 2023 | 948 | 101.5 WPDH | WPDH Top 1015 (2023) | 1015 |
| 2024 | 834 | Q104.3 | Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) | 1043 |
Also listed as: Ain't Wastin Time No More.
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