Pete Townshend WISHES he’d thought of this. Years ago, a band I was with did a country version of this. I changed the time from 4 to 3, changed some chord voicings and instruments, and came up with this. In the intro I try to suggest Pete's synth noodling without duplicating it.

I do guitar, mandolin, banjo and vocals. Bass is by Rick Duncan. Usually I play my own bass tracks, but I thought this tune deserved a REAL bass player. 25 years ago, I’d been in several incarnations of Rick’s band (see above). We haven’t seen each other since then, but the miracle of Facebook threw us together again quite by chance.

No drums. I gave up trying to get Jammer to do a decent drum track in 3. Everything came out oom-PAH-PAH, really cheesy, so I dispensed with drums altogether.

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I hope y'all like it. I had a ton of fun recording it.
Mark

Really cool!  Actually awesome.  And they happen to be my favourite band.  My heart and soul:) Love the singing too.

Dude, you are too creative - this is just too much. I think this is absolutely great.

My shotgun sings a pretty sweet song? But my shoulder is not a fan of that music. I liked this, The banjo and mando didn't seem quite in tune, they were close? We need the video! With the windmill strumming on the mandolin :-) I like rock songs done in bluegrass.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89NNIcsGMWo
 
Or these guys doing it live, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrzJqWDq9NY
 
I think Rock done in a Bluegrass style is really cool. 
 
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Munmun, thanks for the kudos. Incidentally, my Mom's family are Munns. We must be related.

Mark, that means a lot coming from a guy whose work I so admire. Check out my Selfie; you influenced my lead guitar tone on that one.
 

Jab, about the banjo: well, I suck, it's that simple. The track isn't clear because I use my fingers, not picks. Just can't feel the strings with picks on, so I'm picking too hard to try to project better.
 
Thanks for the White Room links, I loved those arrangements!

OK, that made me smile.  
 
It really works surprisingly well!   Love all the little runs between the vocal lines.    If Pete only knew...

I listened to it all. Loved it. Wish I'd been in the room.

fun stuff!!
 
good job....