I had hesitated to do Almer’s songbook with the other great songwriters because his work was so obscure. Even those of us who prefer “geezer rock” to current music barely remember what he did. Upon his death last year, I did some research and came to the conclusion that he deserved an evening. There was definitely talent there. He just had bad luck getting it across. With a good producer like George Martin, he might have been a success.
Sounds like he hung in there though, and didn’t give up trying. :)
At least till crazy rock and (ugh) hip-hop took the place of the good stuff. LOL!