Kurt Cobain fantasized about buying Lead Belly’s guitar for $600,000 during Nirvanna’s 1994 MTV Unplugged performance. In 2020, his own guitar from that show sold for $6,000,000 — the most expensive ever sold at auction.

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.