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Mr. Soto, founder/owner for 27 years of Soto Sound Studio, died in August 2005 in his Palatine apartment of an apparent heart attack. He was 53. Among the artists he recorded were Buddy Guy, musicians Eddie “The Chief” Clearwater, Lefty Dizz and Carey Bell, jazz saxophonist Fred Anderson and Peter Tork, formerly of the Monkees. Born in New York, Mr. Soto moved to Evanston while in junior high school and graduated from Evanston Township High School. After studying at Oakton Community College and a Palatine music school for a couple of years, he opened his own studio.