Memphis Mojo-bustour
Beschrijving
De Mojo Tour is een unieke, energieke muzikale tour door Memphis, een stad die de wereld drie grote genres van populaire muziek heeft gegeven : blues, rock-‘n-roll en zoete zuidelijke soul. Onder leiding van professionele Beale Street-muzikanten en met livemuziek, komedie, geschiedenis en verhalen vertellen, brengt de tour dit beroemde muzikale erfgoed tot leven op de enige muziekbus van het land. Onderweg zie je beroemde bezienswaardigheden als Sun Studio, Beale Street, Stax Studio, het Lorraine Motel, Cotton Row, Peabody Hotel, Overton Park en de vroege huizen van Elvis en B.B. King. Het is geen toeval dat legendes als Elvis, Johnny Cash, BB King en Otis Redding allemaal hun start kregen in de stad die bekend staat als de Home of the Blues : ontdek hoe het allemaal ging tijdens deze onderhoudende tour van Memphis’ grootste hits.
Rondreisopties
Reisroute
De tour begint en eindigt in Beale Street - the Home of the Blues - bij Alfred's on Beale.
Uitleg over hoe WC Handy bekend werd als de 'Vader van de Blues'.
Geschiedenis van het grand hotel van het Zuiden
Geschiedenis van de katoenbeurs en historische katoenrij
Geschiedenis en belang van de rivier de Mississippi
Geschiedenis van het eerste echte huis van de familie Presley in Memphis
Geschiedenis van Danny Thomas en St. Jude's
De geboorteplaats van rock 'n' roll! (Facultatieve toelating)
Geschiedenis van de tweede opnamestudio van Sam Phillips, de opvolger van "Sun Studio"
Overton Park Shell en het verhaal van Elvis' eerste concert (korte stop is afhankelijk van beschikbaarheid en het weer)
Geschiedenis van Overton Square en Lafayette's
Thuisbasis van Stax Records en Southern soul - Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, de Staples Singers, Booker T & the MG's en vele, vele anderen!
Verklaring van de Sanitaire Staking in 1968 en de moord op Eerw. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Hoogtepunten
Wat is inbegrepen
Beoordelingen van reizigers
Belangrijke informatie
- Baby's en kleine kinderen kunnen in een wandel- of kinderwagen mee
- Hulpdieren toegestaan
- Opties voor openbaar vervoer zijn in de buurt aanwezig
- Geschikt voor alle condities
- De bus heeft geen rolstoellift, maar als je een inklapbare rolstoel hebt en enige mobiliteit hebt, zouden we geen probleem moeten hebben om je tegemoet te komen. Neem vooraf contact met ons op voor eventuele aanvullende vragen.
- Binnen een paar blokken zijn er vier verschillende parkeergarages en verschillende openluchtparkeerplaatsen. De dichtstbijzijnde garage bij onze locatie (slechts twee straten verderop) bevindt zich op Peabody Place 149, tussen Second Street en BB King Blvd., naast de Hampton Inn. U kunt ook uw geluk beproeven met betaald parkeren op straat, in Second Street, net ten zuiden van Beale; op Beale tussen Front en Second; of langs Peabody Place van Front naar Fourth Street.
Beoordelingen(1,614)
Fun tour with a very knowledgeable guide and hit the highlights of Memphis. The guide even performed our favorite Memphis related songs along the way!.
The tour was both fun and informative. The guide explained facts about people and places in Memphis and also played the guitar and sang. He was very good. The website would not allow us to sign up for the tour alone. It said that was sold out. So, we had to take the tour and also take a tour of Sun Record studio. That made no sense because the studio tour was at the end of the bus tour. Even though we didn't think we wanted to go to the Sun studio tour it was very good as well.
Worth every penny. Narration and singing were wonderful.
The guide was superb. His knowledge of the history of Memphis, vocals and guitar on songs and personality were outstanding. Sun studio was nice also. They both exceeded my expectations.
One of the best bus tours I have ever been on. Our gude(his mane eacapes me, old age I guess) was informative, humorous and played a mean guitar. I would highly recommend this tour.
Fantastic tour Davy was fabulous the singing and his knowledge was amazing such a fun and educational tour
Really enjoyed the tour especially the guide who narrated and played music .
SO much fun. One of the highlights of our weekend in Memphis. The tour guide was fabulous! Learned so much about Memphis music history.
This was a fun, interactive tour through Memphis full of history, music and entertainment! Cecil was knowledgeable, fun, personable and sharing with his group. We never had a guide that shook like Elvis, killed liked Jerry, and hurt like Johnny! Shout out to Michael (I hope I caught the name right) for driving us through Memphis like we was running late for church and for bringing us back safe with nothing damaged but our vocal cords! Lots of fun! Highly recommend!
I have done this tour before and loved it. I recommended it to my sister & her kids and it turned out really poorly. The rear AC did not work at all and when we questioned whether there was AC at all the tour guide was rude. “It’s summer in Memphis,” was his response. I had cracked open a window and he admonished me for doing so. Turned out the fan was not working in the back where we were sitting and it wasn’t until I expressly told the bus driver at the pit stop at the Overton Park Shell that the bus driver addressed it. Four passengers got off the bus at the Shell and refused to reboard. The tour guide had been rude to them as well. Lastly, after passing the Civil Rights Museum, another passenger had to get off and was sick on the street. The poor woman seemed elderly and overcome with the heat!! Ridiculous. Her companion got off too and stayed with her and we concluded the tour without them. Again I have done this tour and previously had a very good experience. That was in December, however, so we didn’t have AC issues. There should be 1) some kind of checklist where the driver ensures all systems are operational and 2) the tour guide needs to be service minded and not be rude to customers.
