"No One to Run With" is a song written by

Dickey Betts Forrest Richard Betts (born December 12, 1943) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and composer best known as a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band. Early in his career, he collaborated with Duane Allman, introducing melodic tw ...

and John Prestia and performed by

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. It was originally written around 1982, and then recorded as a

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by the group

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around 1983. That group was unable to find a recording contract, and it would be over a decade before the song was rediscovered and recorded by the Allman Brothers. The song reached No. 7 on the U.S. mainstream rock chart in 1994. The song appeared on their 1994 album, '' Where It All Begins'', and on the soundtrack to the 1994 film '' The Cowboy Way''. The song features the

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. The song was featured in an episode of the TV show

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References

1994 singles Songs written by Dickey Betts The Allman Brothers Band songs Country rock songs 1994 songs {{1990s-single-stub