Playa del Carmen Mexico
JJ and the Nasty Bastard Band appear every Thursday and Saturday nights at the Wah Wah Beach Bar in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. They get started around 6:00 PM and finish their last set about 10:00 PM. The Nasty Bastards play a mix of rock and roll and country music. There’s plenty of room to dance at the Wah Wah Beach Bar along with great food, cerveza, tropical drinks, and friendly service.
…or so we think. Here’s the latest from Absolute Al:
JJ and the Nasty Bastards were practicing on stage at the Wah Wah Beach Bar on Sunday and they sounded great!What time on Thursday? Well not for breakfast!
So how does a bar and beach club on the beach in Playa del Carmen, Mexico end up being called Wah Wah. Well it was a bit electric guitar, tamale, and George Harrison. According to JJ, the band leader for the Nasty Bastards Band and new owner of the Wah Wah Beach Bar, the name was chosen from from a list of fan submissions as follows.
A Wah Wah Pedal
Tony and other electric guitarists use an effects pedal called a Wah Wah. It was popularized in the 1970s and used in a variety of music including rock and roll and even in the emerging porn industry. George Harrison wrote a song called the Wah Wah which he performs in the video recorded in the Concert for Bangladesh in 1972. It is rumored to be written out of frustration with a conflict of Paul McCartney at the time.
Of course there has to be a Wah Wah connection to the Riviera Maya. Wah is word for tamale in Mayan and also Wah is a slang word for food in general in Mayan. So there you have it…the origins of the name Wah Wah for a beach bar on the Riviera Maya.
Lastly we have some Mayan influence. Wah is a Mayan word for tamale and slang for food in general.
