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Cory

May 22, 2009 - 05:18 PM GMT

Pennie Lane (Pennie Trumbull) was the inspiration for Pennie Lane.

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babette

May 22, 2009 - 10:39 AM GMT

Are you SURE Bebe Buell was the inspiration for Penny Lane? Definitely a great muse as she states that Elvis Costello wrote an awful lot of lyrics about her!

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All that and not a SINGLE mention of Bebe Buell? Not only was she one of the main inspiration for Kate Hudson's character "Penny Lane" in Cameron Crowe's "Almost Famous" but was the girlfriend and muse for Steven Tyler (and mom of Liv), David Bowie, Todd Rundgren, Iggy Pop, Mick Jagger, Jimmy Page, Rod Stewart, Stiv Bators...among others.

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Rock Muses

Claudette Orbison, circa 1960s

Rock muses are ground zero for some of the best rock songs ever. Every great songwriter has woman who's driven him crazy with love, lust, or anger. So crazy that he's written a tune about it. Sometimes it's the best song he's ever written. Other times it's the ONLY song he's written (or least the only one that matters). Here is our FlipBook of the most influential muses in rock. It's inspiration to pick up a guitar and play.

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