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CIDER MAGAZINE
ISSUE 36
PG 6
CK
JO
THE
CK
RO
OF
“
Once in a while during my
music-writing travels, I come
across a local band that quite
frankly – knocks me on my ass!
This was indeed the case with the
high-energy trio dubbed
Conniption Fits, who I recently saw
perform an energetic, hour-long
set at the annual Bashaw
Memorial Music Scholarship
Benefit in Bellows Falls, Vermont.
The band was formed in
2003 by singer/songwriter/guitarist
(and Fairlee, Vermont-native)
Stevens Blanchard and also
features Shawn Snyder on drums
and Jaimly Hosley on bass. Some
of you may remember Blanchard
from the success of his previous
band, Motorplant, which rocked
througho