Cleve Chafin (1885–1959) was a carnival musician who recorded old-time music during the 1920s.
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Chafin was from Wayne County, West Virginia, the son of Alice Adkins and Bob Chafin.[1] He first recorded a solo session in Richmond, Indiana for Gennett Records on November 16, 1927,[2] but the recordings were never issued. He may also have recorded a session for Paramount Records in 1928 with two men named Stevens and Bolar as Fruit Jar Guzzlers. In Chicago, Illinois, Chaffin recorded six songs with John & Emery McClung for Paramount Records. These records were released as by Cleve Chaffin and The McClung Brothers. Chaffin continued his professional music career, but never recorded again.[3] He died on December 10, 1959 in Huntington, West Virginia at the age of 74.[1]
According to the Thirteenth Census of the United States in 1910, a Cleve Chafin, who was born in Kentucky and aged 22, was a prisoner at the city jail in Cabell County, West Virginia at the time of the census.