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Donavon Frankenreiter

American musician and surfer

Soft rock
Surf rock

Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter, guitaristYears active2000-presentLabelsLost Highway, Universal, Wrasse, Liquid Tambourine RecordsWebsitehttp://www.donavonf.com/

Musical artist

Donavon Frankenreiter (born December 10, 1972) is an American musician and surfer. His debut self-titled album was released in 2004 on Brushfire Records through Universal Music.

Career

Frankenreiter was born in Downey, California, United States. In November 2007, he toured throughout Brazil on the Mostra Alma Surf Festival with bands, Animal Liberation Orchestra, G. Love and Matt Costa, along with Surf Artists Jay Alders, Nathan Gibbs, Céline Chat, Surf Photographer Sean Davey, and Surf Film Maker Sunny Abberton.^[1]

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, Jay Alders to design a Limited Edition Tour Poster.^[2]

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.^[3]

Discography

With Sunchild

Mr Jesus (1994)
Barefoot & Live (1997)
California Honey (2000)
The Galaxy Session (2009)

List of solo albums, with selected chart positions
Title	Album details	Peak chart positions		Certifications
Title	Album details	US	AUS ^[4]	Certifications
Donavon Frankenreiter	Released: 2004 Format: CD	165	29	ARIA: Gold^[4]
Move by Yourself	Released: 2006 Format: CD	105	24	ARIA: Gold^[4]
Pass It Around	Released: 2008 Format: CD	98	16
Revisited	Released: 2010 Format: CD
Glow	Released: 2010 Format: CD
Start Livin'	Released: 2012 Format: CD
The Heart	Released: 2013 Format: CD
Revisited 2	Released: 2019 Format: CD

Extended plays

List of albums, with Australian chart positions
Title	Album details	Peak chart positions	Certifications
Title	Album details	AUS ^[4]	Certifications
Some Live Songs (with Jack Johnson and G.Love)	Released: 2005 Format: CD	31
Recycled Recipes EP	Released: 2007 Format: CD	-
Recycled Recipes, Vol. 2 EP	Released: 2011 Format: CD	-

Video game appearances

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

References

^ "MOSTRA ALMA SURF FEST: Surf Culture Reigns in Brazil | SURFER Magazine". Surfermag.com. 2010-07-22. Retrieved 2015-10-03.
^ "Surf Art, Figurative, Yoga and Nature Inspired Art - Jay Alders Artist: Art Inspired by Surf, Love and Nature". Jay Alders. Retrieved 2015-10-03.
^ "Flows and beats talking story with Donavon Frankenreiter" See interview at: , Free Surf Magazine
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 107.