Donavon Frankenreiter (born December 10, 1972) is an American

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and surfer. His debut self-titled album was released in 2004 on Brushfire Records through

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Career

Frankenreiter was born in Downey, California, United States. In November 2007, he toured throughout Brazil on the Mostra Alma Surf Festival with bands,

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and

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, along with Surf Artists

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, Nathan Gibbs, Céline Chat, Surf Photographer Sean Davey, and Surf Film Maker Sunny Abberton. An acoustic EP of cover songs called '' Recycled Recipes'' landed in 2007, with the polished full-length '' Pass It Around'' following in 2008. For the ''Pass It Around'' Tour, Donavon teamed up with surf artist and friend,

to design a Limited Edition Tour Poster. In 2010 Frankenreiter left Lost Highway Records, and formed his own label, Liquid Tambourine Records. He subsequently recorded and released his fourth studio album of original material entitled ''Glow'', which was produced by Mark Weinberg."Flows and beats talking story with Donavon Frankenreiter"
See interview at: , ''Free Surf Magazine''

Discography

;With Sunchild * ''Mr Jesus'' (1994) * ''Barefoot & Live'' (1997) * ''California Honey'' (2000) * ''The Galaxy Session'' (2009) ;Solo

Extended plays

Video game appearances

Frankenreiter is a playable character in the video game '' Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Frankenreiter, Donavon 1972 births Living people American rock guitarists American male guitarists Singer-songwriters from California American surfers American rock songwriters American rock singers Musicians from Downey, California Surf musicians Wrasse Records artists Lost Highway Records artists Guitarists from California 21st-century American male singers 21st-century American singers 21st-century American guitarists American male singer-songwriters