My Debbie Harry experience and recalling the Pretenders backstage in 1981...Learning to Crawl.
This post was inspired by a comment from Brian from Ohio asking about my personal experiences with celebrities. I have previously shared a list of the celebrities that I have met. https://dirtybennywrites.blogspot.com/2025/05/famous-people-that-i-have-met.html I saw Blondie at Avalon in Boston in the early 2000's. As usual, I collected autographs so I came prepared with a Blondie LP to be signed. After the show, there were about 30 people waiting by the tour bus for autographs. Debbie came out the stage door surrounded by bodyguards. She walked directly up to me, took my album and went on the bus. 2 minutes later, a roadie brought out my album signed. The people around me were dumbfounded at how lucky I was to be chosen. Maybe there is more to it. Did she read my energy? Did she know that this one would eventually be able to see? Who knows....it was unusual in all my years of autograph collec...