“I felt there was a story that was different from anyone else I knew of in the music business - the fact we were four guys who grew up poor, kind of in the ghetto, and that a couple of guys did time for burglary and stuff like that. “I never had any idea ‘Jersey Boys’ would end up as big as it did, but I thought there was something there,” Valli recalled. Another touring production will be at the San Diego Civic Theatre next May for six days, under the auspices of Broadway/San Diego. In September, Valli will perform in London, where a touring production of “Jersey Boys” is at the Piccadilly Theatre through next April. He recently completed a Christmas album and hopes to complete a jazz album with top organist Joey DeFrancesco next year. Now 82, New Jersey native Valli performs up to 10 times a month across the country. There’s a natural echo that I really like.” Singing La Jolla Playhouse’s praises “I have two walls of tile and two walls of glass that face each other in my shower. “To tell you the truth, I had a sound company come into my shower to take a sample of the echo and re-create it when I go into my (home recording) studio, because I like the sound of it,” Valli said. When asked, half-jokingly, if he has considered installing recording equipment in his shower, he offered an earnest response. What also appeals to Valli, besides keeping both his famous falsetto and his lower register in shape, is the sound of his voice in the shower.
