Wheeler Walker Jr. on his new album, his Twitter beefs, and why he won’t clean up his act.

I’M outside Brent’s Deli in Northridge, California, waiting for the king of outlaw country music, Wheeler Walker Jr., who’s on the cusp of launching his third album, WWIII. He’s due to arrive on his own, without a posse, a lady friend, or an assistant. And though I’m aware that without comedian Ben Hoffman there would be no Wheeler Walker Jr. — the Nashville musician is Hoffman’s invented persona — I’m hoping the guy who shows up is 100 percent Walker, zero percent Hoffman.

Rolling Stone has called Wheeler Walker Jr.’s music “unfathomably obscene,” “undeniably offensive,” and “goddamn funny.” This foul-mouthed,... Read More