Héctor Ricardo Soulé was born in Quilmes, Argentina, on March 15, 1950. He began
learning violin as a child and started his music career in 1967 with Mach 4,
alongside Willy Quiroga, Rubén Basoalto and Juan Carlos Godoy; the group became
Vox Dei in 1969. Ricardo Soulé was the band’s guitarist, singer and principal
songwriter, writing “Presente” for its debut album, Caliente (1970). Vox Dei’s
second album, La Biblia (1971), grew from Ricardo Soulé’s idea for a rock work
inspired by biblical texts and became one of the defining concept albums in
Argentine rock. He left the band in ...