Champion Jack Dupree
I'm Growing Older Every Day

Listening notes

Champion Jack Dupree’s I’m Growing Older Every Day is a 1982 vinyl release on the Storyville label, catalog number SLP 4040. Classified under Blues and Piano Blues, the album is presented on two sides with ten tracks in total, five per side. The title track appears as the album’s closing selection.

Side A opens with Mercy On Me (5:00), the side’s longest cut, followed by Sleeping In The Street (4:10) and I’m A Gamblin’ Man (4:15). The sequence continues with I Hate To Be Alone (3:40) and concludes with Door To Door Blues (3:25), the shortest track on the first side. Based on the provided timings, Side A runs approximately 20:30.

Side B begins with When I’ve Been Drinking (2:37), the shortest track on the album. It proceeds with The Cold Ground Is My Bed (4:42), Lonesome Bedroom Blues (3:15), and A Good Woman Is Hard To Find (3:55). The record closes with the title track, I’m Growing Older Every Day (4:10). The second side totals approximately 18:39, bringing the album’s complete runtime to about 39:09.

Within its Blues and Piano Blues categorization, the album’s tracklist spans subjects explicitly stated in the song titles, including street life, gambling, solitude, door-to-door experiences, drinking, hardship, and the passage of time. The arrangement places longer selections at the beginning of Side A and the titular piece at the end of Side B. The durations indicate a mix of concise performances and moderately extended tracks, with a range from 2:37 to 5:00.

As issued, I’m Growing Older Every Day documents a 1982 set released by Storyville on vinyl under Champion Jack Dupree’s name, identified by catalog number SLP 4040. The album’s structure—ten tracks across two sides, with the title cut serving as the finale—provides a clear reference for collectors and archivists, supported by the track sequence and exact timings listed here.