EAST BUTLER On Jan. 13, 1974, a public works employee at the borough gave the keys to a snow plow to councilman Kenneth Crispin, who then asked his younger brother, 28-year-old Chuck Crispin, to plo.
J.B. and the Playboys Vermont audiences might know Allan Nicholls best now as a member of the vaudeville-inspired Americana comedy band the Hokum Brothers, but he s had a long and storied career. A close friend and colleague of the late Robert Altman, the part-time Vermonter acted in and composed music for the acclaimed filmmaker s 1975 film
Nashville and others. Nicholls also appeared in the 1977 hockey comedy
Slap Shot alongside Paul Newman, among other film credits. Prior to that, he played the lead role of Claude in the original Broadway production of the hippie musical
Hair. He s also directed music videos for megastars such as Meat Loaf and Leonard Cohen.