I echo that sentiment. I think that Rufus is a tremendous artist, but his father Loudon has always taken the cake for me. Rufus has always taken himself a little too seriously for me. I understand an artist taking his music seriously, but when they take the focus off the music and onto themselves they cross that thin line of earnest to pretentious.
I mean, Rufus' newest effort is as clear a picture of that as any. While the music within is great, Rufus does Judy is a tribute album where instead of an artist paying tribute to another artist through their work, Rufus almost seems to pay tribute to himself through another artists work.