Recorded before a live audience in Boulder, Colorado, eTown brings together a unique mix of established and up-and-coming artists every week PLUS interviews, performances and the “e-chievement” award – all presented by personable hosts Helen and Nick Forester. For two hours, your humble host Mike Smith, delivers the best in roots rock, bluegrass and Americana – taking care to balance local talent with artists and groups making a splash on the national and world stage. Grateful Dead biographer and radio host David Gans opens his personal archives every week in this syndicated show that features rare Dead recordings, band history and memories plus new music from the band’s extended “family.”