About Donavon Frankenreiter
Born 1972. Donavon Frankenreiter is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, surfer, singer, composer and musician.
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.
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.
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.
Discography Solo Albums + List of solo albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chartpositions Certifications US AUS Donavon Frankenreiter Released: 2004 Format: CD 165 29 ARIA: Gold Move by Yourself Released: 2006 Format: CD 105 24 ARIA: Gold 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 Get Outta Your MindReleased: 2024 Format: CD, streaming
Extended plays + List of albums, with Australian chart positions Title Album details Peak chartpositions Certifications AUS 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 -
with Sunchild Mr Jesus (1994) Barefoot & Live (1997) California Honey (2000) The Galaxy Session (2009)
Video game appearances
Frankenreiter is a playable character in the video game Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer.
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Who is Donavon Frankenreiter?
American musician and surfer
When was Donavon Frankenreiter born?
Donavon Frankenreiter was born on 10 December 1972 in Downey.
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Donavon Frankenreiter is a singer-songwriter, guitarist, surfer, singer, composer and musician.
What nationality is Donavon Frankenreiter?
Donavon Frankenreiter is American.
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