[2] He achieved considerable notoriety when he recorded and released the raunchy comedy album Country Porn in 1976.
[citation needed] Track 2 of the album is a song Chavin wrote with friend Kinky Friedman,[3] the comedic "Asshole from El Paso," a blithely vulgar parody of the country classic "Okie From Muskogee" by Merle Haggard.
He contributed two songs to the soundtrack of the adults only mystery thriller Punk Rock.
He testified against Durst in the murder trial of Susan Berman[6] and appeared in the second season of The Jinx.
In a remembrance, longtime friend and collaborator Kinky Friedman said, “He’s a guy who had a lot to offer.