Apropos of Nothing: A Sunny Groove Day Song to Kick Off Spring

On this early spring day—still cold here in New York, but who's quibbling—we're humming a diabolically catchy song by the Sir Douglas Quintet, a '60s psychedelic rock band from Texas. It's called Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day, and it gives us a sunshiney springtime buzz every time we hear it, Sunday or weekday or any day. 

We came across the track via the Song Bar, a UK-based site that asks people to nominate their favorite songs on a weekly theme, in this case renewal. Considering that the subject of renewal, specifically the "mid-life" version (whatever "mid-life" means), is in the air lately with Crunch Time readers and friends, we thought at least a few of you out there might like this one.

The song is an ode to the Northern California magic that lured the band out west to join the San Francisco music scene of the late '60s. Frank Black covered the track too on one of his post-Pixies albums, but we're partial to the Sir Douglas original.

We recommend taking Sir Douglas for a little spin on the turntable, or that YouTube or Spotify turntable up in the clouds, and taking yourself out for a spring walk, sun or rain, snow or sunflowers. Here's to March and springtime, at last, and to everyone who'll be out there marching.

Douglas Sahm of the Sir Douglas Quintet, left.

Photo at top: Mount Tamalpais, near Mill Valley, CA, by Zachary Domes via Unsplash.