Debbie Harry of Blondie
Photography by Mitchell Kearney
“Blondie live was always a treat. Debbie, on her home turf, was far more relaxed at Max’s than anywhere else. Her new haircut was perfection. Her makeup: divine. The only problem turned out to be the itchy left sleeve of her “favorite Batman T-shirt.”
I watched her tug tentatively on it during three songs and then—finally reaching her breaking point—Debbie tore the sleeve in two. What immediately followed was this: quintessential punk magnificence…!”
Debbie Harry of Blondie performs at Max’s Kansas City in New York, 1977.