Though Howlin’ Wolf had a huge hit with his 1956 song “Smokestack Lightnin’”, he said he’d been playing it since the 1930s, when he and Charley Patton (father of the blues) performed in small Mississippi Delta towns.

This hat features a classic fleur-de-lis design. You can find it in several varieties of New Orleans colors of gold, green and purple! The fleur-de-lis is one of the most recognizable symbols of New Orleans, rooted in the city’s French heritage and woven into the Crescent City's culture.