Paul Gilbert

[kerc]

What a crazy and fun guitarist! I hadn't listened closely to his stuff, but recently I've seen some awesome vids on YouTube, and friends at another forums gave me some MP3's...I definitely gotta buy me some of his stuff.

:D

[Jimi75]

Paul Gilbert is a very intense player. He is as well as Blues Saraceno a player that has a funky kind of playing and the way he uses a pentatonic doesn't let you guess that it is a pentatonic :-)

Of course Gilbert covers all the neoclasscal, jazzy and rocky stuff too - he is a complete player.

There is only one point:

His song writing was and will be the best in the Racer X times although his Mr Big stuff is great,too. His solo albums can not catch up with these.

[Spudman]

Check out Paul on the new Neal Morse album. There is abslutely NO shortage of songwriting ability here. Comes out in late February. Here are some clips. Wow! http://www.nealmorse.com/newclips.asp

Neal Morse – Sola Scriptura

Neal Morse’s controversial new album’s title “Sola Scriptura” (which means “Only By Scripture” in Latin) is as interesting and provocative as the music itself. Featuring Mike Portnoy of Dream Theater and the riveting guitar work of Paul Gilbert (Mr. Big), this album is huge in scope and sound! Filled with incredible melodies, cascading guitar and keyboards and all the great composition this ex Spock’s Beard leader is known for, “Sola Scriptura” reaches beyond what one would think possible in a progressive rock epic.
Lyrically it draws on the life of Martin Luther, the Christian reformer who lived in the early 1500s. (He’s the one who nailed the 95 theses on the door of the Cathedral in Germany and rocked the entire world at the time.) “I tried to imagine what it must have been like to go up against corruption in high places and risk life and limb for what you believe is right” says Morse. Will this album be controversial? Surely. But Morse has never been one to draw away from a challenge.
Musically it’s as hard hitting and intricately beautiful as Morse’s best work. With 3 long pieces (the longest clocking in at 29 minutes!) and one shorter ballad, this has all of Morse’s trademark moments and the addition of Paul Gilbert’s blistering guitar work puts it over the top.
Morse says “I felt as a Christian I should make this album and point out to people that may have forgotten how the church fell away from righteousness in the Dark Ages. The point of it is to point us toward God and his truth and where the church still may have darkness in it, to point her toward the light of God's truth which is laid out wonderfully before us in the scriptures. Of course, this is a lofty goal for a mere CD, but, with God anything is possible!”

[Katastrophe]

Paul Gilbert is a monster on guitar! I would definitely recommend purchasing Racer X's Second Heat. Excellent playing, full of magical shreddy goodness.

[king_petrucci]

Gilbert is a legend. I havent heard much of racer x but i love he's solo work.
Just a great well rounded player

[Spudman]

"Silence Followed By A Deafening Roar" Paul's latest album is quite good. I've been listening to it off and on and so far nothing on it has turned me off. That's a good sign when I don't get to fully concentrate on a record.

[ShootTheGlass]

I just got "Silence Followed.." the other day, and it just has that fast paced fun, funky feel that a lot of his music has. "The Rhino" is awesome to drive along to :D

[marnold]

Gadzooks! How did I, of all people, miss out on the "Sola Scriptura" album? Prog rock based on my man Marty?!?

[Spudman]

Gadzooks! How did I, of all people, miss out on the "Sola Scriptura" album? Prog rock based on my man Marty?!?

I tried to tell ya.;)

Although PG is all over the album I think composition wise Neal's album "Question" is much better and has quite a few top notch guests as well. Sola hasn't touched me quite the way Question has but the story in Sola is kind of cool.

Paul fits well with Neal but it doesn't seem as if Paul gets much room to stretch.