<P> Crowe based the character of Penny Lane on the real - life Pennie Lane Trumbull and her group of female promoters who called themselves the Flying Garter Girls Group . Though they were not in the Flying Garter Girls group , various other women have been described as Crowe 's inspiration , for instance Pamela Des Barres and Bebe Buell . </P>
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Pennie Lane Trumbull and her group of female promoters who called themselves the Flying Garter Girls Group