This weekend is jammin'...

We start off with Patti Smith: Dream of Life. Shot over 11 years, the film explores her many art forms and the friends and poets who inspired her -- William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Bob Dylan, Robert Mapplethorpe and Michael Stipe. The film featurs rare performance clips and is narrated by the artist herself. Friday at 8pm

Steve Earle pays tribute to his mentor, legendary Texas troubadour Townes Van Zandt. Kris Kristofferson follows with tunes from his latest album on ACL, Saturday at 10pm

Memphis blues veteran Bobby "Blue" Bland jams with 17-year-old guitar wizard Will Tucker. The elder statesman schools the young Tucker in the finer points of the blues, before a scorching performance at the B.B. King nightclub on Memphis's famous Beale Street. We visit Sun Studios, where Elvis made his first recordings, and discover the Bluff City Backsliders, the band of the studio's current sound engineer. Young singer-songwriter Amy Lavere demonstrates the diversity of the contemporary Memphis music scene, and up-and-coming hip-hop stars Freesol, recently signed to Memphis-native Justin Timberlake's label, discuss the local urban sound. It's a packed Music Voyager on Sunday at 4pm