 On January 16, 1996, Jimmy Buffett’s Grumman HU-16 Albatross, dubbed the Hemisphere Dancer was shot at by Jamaican authorities as it taxied in the water near Negril. The Jamaicans had mistaken it for a drug-runner’s plane, though Jimmy had “only come for chicken”, he was not “the ganja plane.”U2’s Bono was on board the plane, as well as Island Records’ Chris Blackwell, but none were hurt. However, the Hemisphere Dancer did get a few bullet holes in the side of the fuselage. Like the great songwriter he is, Buffett penned a tune about the incident: Jamaica Mistaica appeared on the 1996 album Banana Wind. Advertisement | Below is an excerpt from Buffett’s song “Jamaica Mistaica.” View the full lyrics here
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