Song
Estimated Prophet
389 plays · 1977 – 1995
Stats
Peak year
1977
50 plays
Peak era
Brent Era
118 plays
Years in rotation
19
avg 20.5/yr
Usually
Set 2
94% of plays
Debuted
1977-02-26Last played
1995-06-28Album
Terrapin Station
1977
Written by
Bob Weir, John Perry Barlow
By decade
70s
116
80s
197
90s
76
Often comes in from
- 17%Fire on the Mountain(66×)
- 16%Ship of Fools(60×)
- 9%I Know You Rider(34×)
Often leads into
- 46%Eyes of the World(178×)
- 17%He's Gone(67×)
- 9%Drums(36×)
Weir/Barlow, 7/4 time signature, debuted 2/26/77 alongside Terrapin Station. Built around Bob's apocalyptic-preacher vocal delivery and Jerry's Mu-Tron envelope filter — the squelchy reggae-inflected jam is the song's signature. A second-set staple from '77 to the end.
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Need to look up later (Stranger-Franklin-Estimated-Terrapin.
They use the same vocal filter craziness on Estimated Prophet.
Busting back out on the second set with Estimated Prophet.
Tight keys on Estimated Prophet.
Another great “70s" Estimated Prophet.
Huge block of awesomeness (Help-Slipknot-Franklin's-Estimated-St.
Awesome Estimated Prophet early in second set.
Awesome Estimated Prophet into He’s Gone where it sounds like Jerry leaves the mutron and delay on for the intro.
That transition from Estimated Prophet to He's Gone is SMOOTH.
Estimated - Eyes is rock solid.
Awesome Estimated Prophet to follow, and that is the signal the second set is where this show really catches fire.
In fact, the whole second set is just jam heaven with Estimated Prophet, Eyes of the World, Uncle John's Band, Truckin'.
Listen to Estimated Prophet from 1978-02-03 — official release