The Universal Bubba is Willi Carlisle’s ambitious double album, produced by Tyler Childers, blending folk, Americana, Cajun, honky-tonk, funk, and experimental sounds with Carlisle’s signature storytelling and humor. Rooted in a DIY spirit, the album celebrates the eccentric, hardworking “universal bubbas” of the world through songs about love, labor, travel, struggle, and finding beauty in the everyday.