Use your smartphone to tour New Orleans French Quarter with Grammy Award Winning Blues Artist Chris Thomas King as He Hosts and Narrates SelfTour’s GPS Walking Adventure of the Home of the Blues and Jazz .

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  • Discovery the fascinating story of one of America’s most unique and colorful areas.
  • Visit over 55 historically and musically significant sites including Jackson Square, Bourbon Street, Pirate’s Alley, Preservation Hall, sexy Storyville, French Market, the VooDoo Museum, famous homes, some with very haunting stories, and other legendary sites which attract millions of visitors annually.
  • Listen to the music as Chris Thomas King, a native of the area, tells of the origins of Blues and Jazz that evolved here in the French Quarter.
  • Learn all about the whys and ways of the annual Mardi Gras celebration.
  • See the “Quarters” most beautiful and photographed homes and structures.
  • Plus fascinating tales of the area’s historic, heroic and haunting characters from VooDoo queens to legendary musicians to General Andrew Jackson who fought the Battle of New Orleans.
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A Delightful Experience!

The descriptions are performed by talented voice actors in an entertaining style, underscored with dramatic music and enhanced with photos.  The descriptions have been thoroughly researched providing the accurate information about the “Quarters” founding and fight to preserve itself under three flags .

It is an experience you will long remember for a fraction of the cost of other tours.

Voice Actors and Narrators

We are proud to share with you information about our exceptional voice-over talent who have used their performance skills to bring our SelfTour Audio Adventures alive:

Chris Thomas King
Chris Thomas King

Chris Thomas King is known as the pioneer of rap/blues fusion winning the “Album of the Year” for both the Grammy and Country Music Awards.  As part of the music scene in New Orleans, he the tour narrator and provides fascinating information about Blues and Jazz and the music’s roots in the rich history of the French Quarter.

You may also remember Chris from his roles in several hit movies.  In the Coen Brothers film O Brother Where Art Thou? he portrays a skilled blues guitarist who claims he sold his soul to the devil in exchange for his skill on guitar.  In Ray he plays the blues guitarist and collaborated with Ray Charles in scoring the film.

You're in Control!

The easy-to-use exclusive SelfTour system ensures an enjoyable full-circle walking tour on your own schedule, at your own pace.  No waiting for others!  You can join the tour at any location, stop anywhere along the way and continue again.  And it is a complete circle tour so you end up where you started.  The GPS always shows you where you are so you can’t get lost.   There are no advertisements and an internet connection is not needed.  Just download and go!

If there’s a tour worth taking, it’s worth taking a SelfTour!

Now… walk through the outrageous French Quarter!

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