Donavon Frankenreiter, born December 10, 1972, in Downey, California, is an American musician and surfer. He is a long-time friend of Jack Johnson and his debut self-titled album was released in 2004 on Johnson's Brushfire Records through Universal Music and made the Australian ARIA Top-40 charts in April 2004. December 10 is the 344th day (345th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, 21 days before the next year. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Location of Downey in Los Angeles County, California Coordinates: , Country State County Los Angeles Founded 1800s Incorporated 1956 Government  - Type Council-Manager government  - City Council David R. Gafin Mario A. Guerra Rick Trejo (Mayor) Anne Marie Bayer Kirk Cartozian Area  - City  12. ... “Instrumentalist” redirects here. ... See World Wide Web for surfing the web; see also Wind surfing Surfing at Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The company logo of Brushfire Records Brushfire Records is a Mango Tree, Hawaii based record label owned by singer-songwriter Jack Johnson. ... Universal Music Group (UMG) is the largest major label in the record industry, with a 23% market share. ...

Surfing career

He commenced surfing as a teenager at San Clemente, California, and was signed to a sponsorship deal with Billabong allowing him to travel the world surfing. During his travels, he rented a room in North Shore, Oahu, Hawaii, from Jack Johnson's parents and the surfer-musicians developed a strong friendship. Location of San Clemente within Orange County, California. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Oʻahu (usually Oahu outside Hawaiian and Hawaiian English), the Gathering Place, is the third largest of the Hawaiian Islands and most populous island in the State of Hawaiʻi. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Donavon is also well known for his appearances in the Drive Thru series of surf videos.

Musical career

In 1990 Frankenreiter started playing in Peanut Butter and Jam at the age of 18. In 1996 he began to seriously pursue a musical career when he formed the band Sunchild. In Sunchild, Frankenreiter was the lead guitar player but did not sing. The band had a 70s rock sound similar in style to The Black Crowes. They released their first CD, Barefoot & Live, on Surfdog Records in 1997. Produced by Gary Hoey, the live album featured covers of The Allman Brothers Band, The Marshall Tucker Band, The Rolling Stones, and Van Morrison, as well as several originals. California Honey followed in 2000 on their own Sunchild Records. This studio album is now out-of-print and is very hard to find. Sunchild disbanded in 2001 and Frankenreiter went on to pursue a solo career. Sunchild is rarely mentioned in interviews or press-releases which leads many people to believe that Donavon only started his professional music career more recently. The Black Crowes are a blues-oriented hard rock jam band who have sold over 15 million albums and were hailed by Melody Maker as The Most Rock n Roll Rock n Roll Band in the World. The band have toured with acts such as Aerosmith, ZZ Top, Jimmy Page... Surfdog Records is a record label and music publishing company based in Encinitas, California with close ties to the local music and surfing communities. ... The Allman Brothers Band is a band from Macon, Georgia, labeled by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as the principal architects of Southern rock. ... The Marshall Tucker Band is a Southern rock band. ... “Rolling Stones” redirects here. ... George Ivan Morrison OBE (generally known as Van Morrison) (born August 31, 1945) is a singer-songwriter from Belfast, Northern Ireland. ...

In 2002 Frankenreiter signed with Brushfire Records. Also see: 2002 (number). ... The company logo of Brushfire Records Brushfire Records is a Mango Tree, Hawaii based record label owned by singer-songwriter Jack Johnson. ...

His self-titled solo album, Donavon Frankenreiter, was recorded with co-producers Jack Johnson and Mario Caldato Jr. Johnson appears on the the album, as do G. Love and Eels member Koool G. Murder. The album was released in April 2004 in Australia due to his high profile in that country from his support gigs for Jack Johnson and from Frankenreiter’s own surfing career. He toured Australia in April 2004, helping the album reach the top forty of the ARIA albums chart. Gary Jules was his support act on this tour. The album was released in the United States one month later, on 11 May 2004. Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Mario Caldato Jr. ... G. Love on the cover of 2001s Electric Mile Garrett Dutton III (born October 3, 1972), better known as G. Love, is the front man for the band, G. Love & Special Sauce. ... Eels (also sometimes eels or EELS, depending on the album) are an American rock band formed by singer/songwriter Mark Oliver Everett, better known as Mr. ... The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry. ... Gary Jules (born March 19, 1969 in Fresno, California as Gary Jules Aguirre) is an American singer. ... is the 131st day of the year (132nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 2006 Frankenreiter left Brushfire Records and signed with Lost Highway Records, home of such notable artists as Elvis Costello, Ryan Adams and Willie Nelson. His follow-up album, Move by Yourself, was released on June 6, 2006. Later that year Donavon recorded a song called "Lovely Day" along with Koool G., which was featured in the opening sequence of the 2006 film Snakes on a Plane, and also appears on that movie's soundtrack. Move by Yourself is the title of Donavon Frankenreiters second album, released on June 6 2006 (see 2006 in music). ... is the 157th day of the year (158th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Snakes on a Plane is a high concept,[1] horror-thriller feature film[2] starring Samuel L. Jackson. ...

Donavon's first live DVD, "Donavon Frankenreiter: The Abbey Road Sessions" was filmed and recorded at a special concert performed at Abbey Road studios in London, England in November of 2005, and subsequently released in early '06.

Discography

with Sunchild:

• Barefoot & Live (1997)
• California Honey (2000)

solo:

• Donavon Frankenreiter (2004) #165 US
• Move by Yourself (2006)
• Recycled Recipes EP (2007)

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External links

• Beat.com.au Interview
• Feature on Donovan Frankenreiter
• Official Homepage
• Official Donavon Frankenreiter Artist Page
• Donavon Frankenreiter Band collection at the Internet Archive's live music archive
• Donavon Frankenreiter at The Dwarf