Donavon Frankenreiter

Donavon Frankenreiter is exactly the kind of artist I imagine soundtracking a slow afternoon by the water. A surfer first and a musician second, or maybe both at once, he came out of Downey, California and landed on Jack Johnson's Brushfire Records for his 2004 self-titled debut. That pairing tells you everything about the mellow, sun-warmed lane he occupies. I appreciate that he never pretended to be anything other than what he is: a laid-back guitarist who carries the easy rhythm of the ocean into his songwriting. To me that authenticity is the whole appeal.

Name (English)

Donavon Frankenreiter

Name (Japanese)

ドノヴァン・フランケンレイター

Reading

どのゔぁん・ふらんけんれいたー

Born

December 10, 1972 (age 53)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Rat

Origin

Downey, California, United States

Occupation

singer-songwriter / guitarist / surfer / singer / composer

• Official sitehttps://www.donavonf.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donavon%20Frankenreiter
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%89%E3%83%8E%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q958525

Tags

• California
• singer-songwriter
• guitarist
• surfer

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.