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| Last 3 months | 39 | 85 | 86 | 1 | 97% | 4.5 | ||
| Last 6 months | 121 | 259 | 265 | 6 | 97% | 4.5 | ||
| Last 12 months | 187 | 423 | 430 | 7 | 97% | 4.6 | ||
| All | 412 | 902 | 924 | 22 | 96% | 4.5 |
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(Each activity's ratings from the last 12 months)
(Each activity's ratings from the last 12 months)
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| Memphis Mojo Tour: the Best of Memphis | 273 | 99% | 4.7 |
| Graceland Tour: Musical Bus Ride and Platinum Pass | 63 | 96% | 4.6 |
| Memphis Walking Ghost Tour | 50 | 90% | 4.1 |
| Hound Dog Tour: Elvis Presley's Memphis | 37 | 100% | 4.7 |
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Not Recommended
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| Fri, Jun 6, 08 7:30 PM | alanveasey | Male | 40-49 | Domestic Tourist(s) | Couple on a Date | |
| My girlfriend and I went on the ghost tour. It was boring! Maybe it was the guide, he said this was his first week on the tour. I would not recommend this tour. | ||||||
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Great Fun!
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| Fri, Jun 6, 08 2:30 PM | alanveasey | Female | 40-49 | Domestic Tourist(s) | Couple on a Date | |
| My girlfriend and I went on the Mojo tour. We loved it! Our guide, Memphis, was awesome. I recommend this tour for anyone visiting the city. | ||||||
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Time-Traveling Through Epicenter of American Music
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| Fri, Jun 6, 08 2:30 PM | rdwoolf | Male | 40-49 | Domestic Tourist(s) | Family Without Children | |
| My sister is a rocker chick who lives her life in the music industry, frequently traveling back and forth across the country working gigs or seeing bands do their thing. So when she said we should meet up in Memphis for a weekend, I knew I could not plan just any normal bus tour. We had to make the pilgrimage to the rock-n-roll mecca known as Graceland, but I knew little else about the city itself. A bus tour is a good way to learn about a tourist town....but they often are filled with a bunch of geriatric stuff-shirts looking to see the world from an air-conditioned window. Hell, they don't call them Greyline Tours for nothing. I knew my sister would never go for that type of thing and it wasn't something that appealed much to me or my wife either. But the Memphis Mojo Tour looked different. For one, the bus was straight out of 1955! Oh, and there was no air conditioning at all! It was hot...smokin' hot...but not just because the sun was beaming down on us. Our guide through space and time was none other than Memphis Jones. A high-spirited, motor-mouthed, long haired guy with an all-American stars and stripes guitar and a rockin' singing voice. As the bus began moving away from the Beale street Backbeat Tours box office, we were serenaded by Mr. Jones to the sounds of Chuck Berry's "Memphis, Tennessee". The bus had a variety of tambourines, bongos and little "shaker eggs" that allowed us to play along with each song and really get into whole Memphis vibe the way it was meant to be done...with music and song and the smell of diesel in the air. Now that's rock-n-roll! We heard (and sang) blues, country, gospel, R&B, funk and old rock'n'roll songs. And with each song came a story or a bit of history as we glided by the various locations that helped make American music what it is today. So many voices and music styles came out of Memphis. We learned about H.C. Handy, Robert Johnson, BB King, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ike Turner, and so many more. And of course time and music was dedicated to Elvis Presley. That goes without saying. I wasn't much of an Elvis fan before this trip but I have a lot more respect for him and his music now. We learned about the tragic history of the Lorraine Motel, where Dr. King was assassinated. But Memphis Jones also told us about all the great Stax Records music that was written there as well (and how the tragedy is being used in a positive way by teaching people about the history of civil rights in America). Unfortunately travel delays meant my sister wasn't able to take the tour. But we're planning on doing it again the very next time we can, which will be sooner rather than later as this is an awesome city to visit! If you can only do one thing while in Memphis, I would tell you to take the Memphis Mojo Tour! It is a perfect way to learn about all the important spots in the city. Then I would say either go to Graceland or to the National Civil Rights Museum (hopefully both). | ||||||
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We Thoroughly Enjoyed It!!!
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| Tue, Jun 3, 08 2:30 PM | pwyatt | Female | 30-39 | Domestic Tourist(s) | Family With Children | |
| We truly enjoyed the Memphis MoJo Tour!! Our guide was great. He was very knowlegable. Our kids really liked it, they learned a lot about the history of music in Memphis. They didn't realize that some of the songs they know today come from years ago. | ||||||
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Memphis Ghost Tour a Hit
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| Sun, Jun 1, 08 7:30 PM | saricher | Female | 40-49 | Domestic Tourist(s) | Family With Children | |
| My daughter, Katherine (10 years old), and I went on the Memphis ghost tour recently. Our guide, Zack Fly, was funny, personable and very knowledgable, both of local lore as well as local history as he was a native of the city. More importantly, he was able to keep both an adult (me) and a child amused and intrigued, and his material was age appropriate for my daughter. I also went on a similar tour in Nashville. The guide was costumed in period dress and also well versed in history, but not as fun and certainly not as interactive. I think the tour in Memphis nicely reflected the laid back atmosphere of the city. When I visit Memphis again, I would like to take Backbeat Tours' other tours, because it was a great way to learn about the city while being entertained! -- Stephanie A. Richer, Esq. | ||||||
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Great tour guide
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| Sun, Jun 1, 08 2:30 PM | errorcode | Male | 40-49 | Domestic Tourist(s) | Family Without Children | |
| Memphis Jones was a wonderful guide...he obviously knows Memphis history, and is very connected to his bus guests | ||||||
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Informative, friendly and great fun!
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| Sun, Jun 1, 08 10:00 AM | joblackwell | Female | 40-49 | International Tourist(s) | Other | |
| Thanks, Memphis Jones - and sorry for the measly tip. I kept getting my currency in a twist! I'll be writing some freelance articles about our trip, so I'll try to make up for it by giving you a plug in the British press. Just let me know if there's anything you'd especially like us to know! | ||||||
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interesting and insightful
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| Sat, May 31, 08 7:30 PM | mirandis | Female | 30-39 | Unspecified | Unspecified | |
| The tour was very interesting and I learned lot about the history of Memphis etc. Our tour guide was absolutely wonderful. He made the tour so much fun. We enjoyed him so very much. I do not think that the tour would have been the same without him. I believe that his name was Mike. Another person was to have done our tour that night but he called in so Mike did it in his place. | ||||||
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great trip
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| Sat, May 31, 08 2:30 PM | maryeprice | Female | 60-69 | Domestic Tourist(s) | Individual | |
| My friend and I went on the MOJo tour while in Memhphis. It was WELL DONE, a lot of fun and laughter and good songs. It was a good overview of history as well. The young man who gave the tour was quite good-personble. What was not so great was the temperature of the bus. You say it is air conditioned, but it was very warm. Probably all you need to do is to clean your air ducts. They were exceedingly dirty looking. It would help air flow tremendously. Also perhaps a few more instruments for the patrons. | ||||||
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Great
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| Sat, May 31, 08 1:00 PM | cicchly511 | Female | 30-39 | Domestic Tourist(s) | Family Without Children | |
| Everyone from Backbeat Tours is fantastic and friendly. Memphis Jones was our tour guide. He was great! He was very knowledgeable and engaging. He sounded great and got everyone in the mood with some Elvis music and little known trivia. I would highly recommend. We also took the Hound Dog tour which was great because we got to spend even more time with Memphis Jones! | ||||||
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Great, fun afternoon
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| Fri, May 30, 08 2:30 PM | PennyBrown | Female | 60-69 | Domestic Tourist(s) | Family Without Children | |
| Memphis Jones was our tour guide andin additionto being very knowledgeable about the history of Memphis and its music he had asense of humor, plays the guitar and sings very well. We usually don't do this kind of tour but found that we saw a lot of Memphis we would have otherwise missed and learned a lot about the city without having to contend withtraffic. I would definitely recommend the tour for someone who isn't going tobe in town long. | ||||||
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Great Balance
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| Sun, May 25, 08 7:30 PM | coachl63 | Male | 40-49 | Domestic Tourist(s) | Family With Children | |
| My family and I like ghost tours; period. We do not believe in ghosts of the departed; we love the history and the mystery. We've been on tours in Savannah, St. Augustine, Gatlinburg, Franklin, TN, and Nashville, TN. I'm sure there are more I just can't remember right now. Some tours provide surprisingly accurate historical info while others entertain with no accuracy. Backbeat tours had the best balance we've encountered. Our guide admitted what he didn't know (more knowledgeable than he realized perhaps?) but entertained the crowd better than any guide we have had. He made all feel easy and safe but made sure we got all the information he had been provided and researched himself (with locals). As a history teacher, (my wife teaches English) I highly recommend this tour for anyone wanting an interesting and fun evening that is filled with mystery and mirth. | ||||||
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A must do
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| Sun, May 25, 08 10:00 AM | deannemoore | Female | 30-39 | Domestic Tourist(s) | Family Without Children | |
| We had an excellent singer that sang Elvis songs and shared jokes. He had a wonderful attitude and made the experience fun. I enjoyed his cute personality and he was very knowledgable about Elvis and the area. When I go back to Memphis I will tour with this company again. From, The girl with the white teeth!!!! | ||||||
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Never again!
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| Fri, May 23, 08 7:30 PM | emilyperkins | Female | 30-39 | Domestic Tourist(s) | Couple on a Date | |
| At the beginning of the tour, the tour guide said that it wasn't a scary ghost tour, it was a funky ghost tour. It wasn't even funky. He gave us some interesting historical details, but as for actual ghosts, he didn't seem to know much. I totally expected half of what he said to be fabricated, and I would've been fine with that as long as it was entertaining, but he didn't try to sell it. That was our main complaint. His attitude was too nonchalant for us to get into the stories he was telling. It was like, "This may be true or it may not. This is what I've been told but you can believe whatever you want." Sometimes he would start to tell a story and we would stand there listening a long time and then realize their wasn't going to be any mention of ghosts or scary things at this spot, either. I think he there needs to find out where more ghosts are, or make up some ghosts. Either way I think he needs to work on his storytelling technique. Sell it! He was very friendly, though. | ||||||
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This Tour Is Very Entertaining!!!
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| Fri, May 23, 08 2:30 PM | awagener | Female | 30-39 | Domestic Tourist(s) | Group of Friends | |
| This is one of the most entertaining tours I've ever taken. These guys really know their stuff & show you a good time! I'll take another one the next time I go back. Thanks again for the awesome tour! Alice Wagener Swart Creek, MI | ||||||
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