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Wendy Darling Blackwood
Wendy "Darling" Blackwood is an album cover artist / photographer and backing vocalist most notably for the band Edison's Children & the solo albums of Edison's Children's Rick Armstrong, the Son of Neil Armstrong. Wendy is famed for her dark vivid imagery featured not just on the band's album covers but in the accompanying 20 page haunting "lyrics & images booklets" that appear in every one of Edison's Children's full length albums, with each song, section or excerpt of the concept album, having its own personal "album cover" to give listeners a visual cue to what they should see in their mind's eye while listening to the music. Her stage name Wendy Darling Blackwood is a combination of being given the moniker "Wendy Darling" in honor of his song Neverland by the band Marillion in the liner notes of Marillion's album "Sounds That Can't Be Made" under Steve Hogarth's credits: "h would like to thank "Eric Pastore (Blackwood) and Wendy Darling". It is the first time that her new stage name "Wendy Darling" appears in any publication. The last name of Blackwood came in credit to her husband Eric Blackwood lead singer and lead guitarist of Edison's Children whom she married in 2000. Wendy has created all of the interior artwork, CD plate and album covers for every one of Edison's Children's 8 releases (4 full length albums, 2 EP's, 1 Making of CD, 1 Vinyl Release) and all 3 of Rick Armstrong (Son of Neil Armstrong/Bassist-Guitarist-Keyboardist for Edison's Children) as well as doing backing vocals for Edison's Children's, "Where Were You" / "Where Were You" (Jakko's King Crimson Mix) / "Seventh Sign" / "Seventh Sign (Single Edit)" on the Edison's Children albums "The Final Breath Before November" and "Somewhere Between Here and There". Wendy is co-author of the "coffee table book" 500 Ballparks for Thunder Bay Publishing in 2 Editions in which Wendy personally photographed 500 baseball parks around the world. Wendy has also worked as a Property Technician, Set Dresser and Picture Car driver on the Movies "I Am Legend (starring Will Smith", "Loving Leah", "Law & Order: Criminal Intent", "Law & Order: SVU" and "The Backup Plan (starring Jennifer "JLo" Lopez).