) ▁on ▁key boards ▁and ▁Wal sh ▁( The ▁M ood ists ) ▁on ▁bass ▁guitar . ▁Gran ey ▁had ▁adopted ▁a ▁cow boy ▁image , ▁we aring ▁s nake ▁skin ▁and ▁brown ▁su ede , ▁sport ing ▁a ▁cur led ▁m oust ache ▁and ▁w ax ed ▁go ate e . ▁The ▁band ▁released ▁My ▁Life ▁on ▁the ▁Pla ins ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁with ▁Phil ▁Vin all ▁producing . ▁Vin all , ▁a ▁friend ▁of ▁Gran ey ▁and ▁Moore , ▁later ▁worked ▁with ▁The ▁A ute urs , ▁Place bo ▁and ▁Magic ▁D irt ▁( am ong ▁others ). ▁The ▁album ▁included ▁tracks ▁written ▁by ▁other ▁artists , ▁such ▁as ▁Gene ▁Clar ke , ▁Fred ▁Neil , ▁Gram ▁Par s ons ▁and ▁the ▁traditional ▁" St re ets ▁of ▁L are do ". ▁In ▁their ▁live ▁shows ▁they ▁included ▁songs ▁by ▁Doug ▁Sah m , ▁Lou ▁Re ed , ▁Buff y ▁Sainte ▁Marie ▁and ▁Tim ▁Rose . ▁The ▁title ▁was ▁from ▁an ▁aut obi ographical ▁t ome ▁by ▁George ▁Arm strong ▁C uster ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 6 , ▁the ▁year ▁he ▁died ▁at ▁Little ▁Big ▁Horn . ▁The ▁cover ▁featured ▁images ▁of ▁a ▁young ▁J esse ▁James , ▁C uster ▁and ▁orn ate ▁Edward ian ▁letter ing ▁by ▁London ▁artist ▁Dave ▁Western , ▁based ▁on ▁a ▁Freder ic ▁Rem ington ▁cow boy ▁painting . ▁It ▁reflected ▁Gran ey ' s ▁current ▁persona ▁and ▁ob session ▁with ▁wild ▁western ▁myth ▁and ▁late ▁ 1 9 6 0 s