Backbeat Tours

The tour guide for our trip was Nancy Apple. She was friendly and informative. However, during the tour, my daughter and I felt like it was more a tour and information about her and her band. So much of what she told us was concerning her band, where they played, when they played, what they played, who they played with and who she has met in the entertainment field, etc. The tour was disappointing also because the bus never stopped for us to get out and take pictures. We just drove right by everything without enough time to even take pictures out of the windows. I had hoped we could have stopped long enough to even jump out for a minute but it wasn't to be. Also, I felt the driver took us through so much of the run-down part of town. Not being familiar with the Memphis area, while on the tour I assumed these were the only roads to get to the places were were going. However, two days later we took another tour ( All Elvis tour ) which went to alot of these same places and the roads this tour took went through beautiful landscaped parks, neighborhoods and areas that were much more pleasant to look at. I do realize that many of the areas of Memphis are old, just like my town and every other town and necessary to travel through to get to certain places but when visitors from other areas come to see Memphis, I just feel like your best foot should be put forward by taking a different route through better areas if possible. After saying this, I need to mention that there were things about the tour that were entertaining and enjoyable but on the whole, the other tours we took were much more pleasant. Memphis is a beautiful city with so much history and gorgeous sites to take in and I sincerely hope to return. Graceland was magnificent and everything I had hoped it would be. Elvis is the best ambassador you could ever have to "sell" your city to others. He still brings in millions of dollars for Memphis every year and you should be so proud to call him a native son. He is the sole reason my family made the trip and I am sure this is true for many other families. Please keep the Mojo tour but if possible, try to allow time to stop occasionally for pictures and to get out of the bus to see the sites better. Also, if your guides could concentrate more on Memphis and less on themselves, I feel it would be better. Thank you for sharing your beautiful city.

It may have started out a bit corny, but it turned out great! The host, Nancy Apple was a pretty good singer and told some very cool stories and trivia about the musical history in Memphis!

This 3hour tour introduced us to a rocking city in both day and night time hours. It was narrated with words and music by a very informative guide. The guide added so much historical fact which made the tour even more interesting. The inclusion of a stop and tour of Sun Studio was an added pleasure. If you're going to Memphis make this tour a must do.

everyone is so happy to share their knowledge, they love tourist

Great tour and guide. Very Glad we included sun studio

Had a great time or guide was fantastic as well as very talented

Highly recommend this remarkable tour. Kathryn is a wonderful singer, gave detailed backgrounds on sites we visited and made the entire tour a sheer pleasure. You will not be disappointed!

Our tour guide (Kathy??) really made the tour. She was so enthusiastic and really knew her stuff. We loved her stories and her songs. Very fun and informative tour.

highlights of my recent vacation

Storytelling and insights were fun and held our interest as the guide was enthusiastic and well informed. Always excited to learn stories of a newly visited area. Ernestine and Hazel's is a trip in itself.

The 20 year olds in our group enjoyed this tour just as much as the 60 year olds.

This was a great tour with Nancy Apple as our singing guide. She had lots of personal stories about Memphis recording, singers and the business. I would suggest that they hand out a map outlining where the route.

...if you wanna learn something about Memphis and its rich musical history, git on the Backbeat tour bus.

Tour guide did an excellent job of mixing facts with humor. Highly entertaining with good information. Sun Studio's add on was also very good.

Tour Was good. Tour guide was informative and entertaining. But Memphis over all is in poor condition and run down. Beale St. was dirty and lots of people begging for money. My wife and I were approached several times which made us very uncomfortable. Would not return.