In 1970, he produced the Dennis Olivieri album "Come to the Party". While a songwriter for A&M Records in the early 1970s, he was introduced to and became friends with Wilson; in a 2010 interview, Wilson characterized Almer as his "best friend". According to musician Joseph Deaguero, who introduced Almer to Wilson, "Everyone thought he was going to be the next Dylan or Elton John. Tandyn was totally an eccentric, but he was in a league of his own. You listen to his music and say, 'God, this guy was really good.'" Although they ultimately became estranged owing to a variety of factors (including Almer's alleged theft of recording equipment from Wilson's home studio and an alleged extramarital affair between Marilyn Wilson and Almer), the two collaborated in the early 1970s on several projects, including an aborted album of re-recorded Beach Boys songs with more topical lyrics for A&M and the Beach Boys singles "Marcella" and "Sail On, Sailor".