Robbin Thompson

Robert Wickens "Robbin" Thompson (June 16, 1949 – October 10, 2015) was an American singer-songwriter based in Richmond, Virginia.Since 1976 he recorded several albums which included guest appearances by Melissa Manchester, Steve Cropper, Waddy Wachtel, Bruce Hornsby and Ellen McIlwaine, among others.He was a member of an early Bruce Springsteen band, Steel Mill, and co-wrote songs with Timothy B. Schmit, Phil Vassar and Butch Taylor and Carter Beauford of the Dave Matthews Band.He twice won the American Song Festival and in 1980 had a minor national hit with "Brite Eyes".He also wrote songs featured on the soundtracks of Gleaming the Cube and The Fighting Temptations.In March 2015, "Sweet Virginia Breeze," which Thompson co-wrote with Steve Bassett, became Virginia's second official state song (joining "Our Great Virginia").