Meatman Airlines - When You Don’t Give A Flying Fuck Where You’re Going
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by Shirley Baker 1965
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Well before Hatfield and the North’s first album
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The same thought occured to me Kev - I guess the street signs over the years must have something to do with them choosing their name ?
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“The name of the band was inspired by the road signage on the main A1 road heading north from London, where the a succession of signs referred to the first major town, and the overall direction, as ‘A1 Hatfield & the North’.”
Got this explanation on line and it seems to be that rarity where the ‘urban myth’ is actually the reality.
It also agrees with what I was told as a 15/16 year old when I first heard their music
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Hatfield and The North…is fucking excellent !*
*I am very drunk 
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Makes a nice change for an urban myth to ring true
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They did morph from a Blues band to a Canterbury scene prog band with members moving on to play in Caravan and Gong
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Strangely, I am aware of that 
My parents separated when my sister and I were starting primary school. We lived with my mum, in Boston, but in the school summer holidays my dad would come and fetch us to spend a few weeks with him and his new partner in London. I remember seeing those signs as he drove us home each year.
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Of course you are!
I forgot I was conversing with my metaphorical grandmother 
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Fuck off Grandad 
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The urge to ride a chopper wearing a sombrero has never been stronger…
Chicago’s South Side, June 1973
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