What happened to Johns harmonica vest?
In the very early days, John used to carry his harmonicas around in an old lunchbox. This obviously made switching harmonicas in mid-song very difficult, and a fellow musician tipped John off to a green army vest that had pockets for carrying cartridges. Always the gun enthusiast, John took to the vest right away, and stuffed it full of harmonicas – he needs 12 different harps to play live and cover all the notes and scales. When the band hit the big time with four, John could afford a custom-made harmonica vest that also had room for other equipment as well (see the full explanation in the Official FAQ). However, when John began to lose weight in 2000, it began to fit him rather poorly. After one show in November of 2000, just as he was walking off-stage, he turned and launched the vest, harmonicas and all, into the crowd. After the ensuing scrum, Gina managed to recover the vest in exchange for a couple of autographed harmonicas. John has yet to have a new vest made for him; instead,
