Nobody really knows how Blind Lemon Jefferson died in Chicago in 1929, but Paramount Records paid for his body to be sent home to Texas, and he was buried in an unmarked grave until 1967.

This quality embroidered hat features Chance Records and Chicago, Illinois. Chance Records was a Chicago-based blues label that captured the raw, postwar electric blues sound coming out of the city in the 1950s. It’s closely associated with influential Chicago blues artists and represents a pivotal moment when the blues moved from Southern roots to an urban, electrified edge.