10 Artists With Incredible Gaps Between Studio Albums
7. Dean Gitter
An eclectic talent with a fascinating biography, Dean Gitter wrote, sang and produced, among many other talents. A graduate of The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, Harvard Business School and the Phillips Academy, Harvard, Gitter is notable for having produced the debut album by legendary folk singer Odetta (Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues, 1956), during a successful tenure at Riverside Records.
Gitter released his own debut album, Ghost Ballads in 1957, also on Riverside. Following that, Gitter pursued numerous careers and ventures. He opened the Orson Welles Cinema in Cambridge, Massachusetts, co-founded a spring water company, set up a regional TV station in Kingston, opened a luxury hotel, delved into venture capitalism and taught meditation in Big Indian, New York.
In 2014, 57 years after his last album, Gitter recorded and released Old Folkies Never Die. Two years later he officially retired, moving to Taos County, New Mexico, where he farmed and raised horses. Gitter died in 2018, at the age of 83, after a long and memorable journey through life.