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

musician A musician is a person who composes, conducts, or performs music. According to the United States Employment Service, "musician" is a general term used to designate one who follows music as a profession. Musicians include songwriters who wri ...

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

Brushfire Records Brushfire Records is a record label owned by singer-songwriter Jack Johnson (musician), Jack Johnson. Formerly known as ''The Moonshine Conspiracy Records'', the label was founded to release soundtracks for Woodshed Films, a company owned by Johns ...

through

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Career

Frankenreiter was born in

Downey, California Downey is a city located in Southeast Los Angeles County, California, United States, southeast of downtown Los Angeles. It is considered part of the Gateway Cities. The city is the birthplace of the Apollo space program. It is also the home of ...

, United States. In November 2007, he toured throughout Brazil on the Mostra Alma Surf Festival with bands,

Animal Liberation Orchestra Animal Liberation Orchestra (also known casually as ALO) is a California rock band currently signed to Jack Johnson's Brushfire Records label. They have released four full-length albums for Brushfire, as well as a number of prior independent ...

G. Love Garrett Dutton (born October 3, 1972), better known as G. Love, is an American singer, rapper and musician best known as the frontman for the band G. Love & Special Sauce. Biography Dutton, the son of a banking lawyer, was born in the Soci ...

and

Matt Costa Matthew Albert Costa (born June 16, 1982) is an American singer-songwriter from Huntington Beach, California, United States. He has 13 independent releases: 7 self-recorded EPs, 6 complete LPs, 4 of which are released via Brushfire Records. H ...

, along with Surf Artists

Jay Alders Jay Alders is an American fine artist, photographer and graphic designer. He is best known for his original surf art paintings, live painting and is a well-known profile in surf culture for his work with musicians, artists and cause organizat ...

, Nathan Gibbs, Céline Chat, Surf Photographer Sean Davey, and Surf Film Maker

Sunny Abberton Sunny Abberton (born in Maroubra, Sydney), is a founding member of the Australian surf tribe the Bra Boys. Together with his brothers, Koby, Jai, and Dakota, Sunny Abberton achieved national and international attention in 2007 with the release ...

. 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 ''Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer'' is an extreme sports video game developed by Treyarch and published by Activision under the Activision O2 label. The game was endorsed by veteran surfer Kelly Slater and released for Game Boy Advance, GameCube, Play ...

''.

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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