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Paul Gilbert

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Biography

Paul Brandon Gilbert, born 6 November 1966 in Carbondale, Illinois, is an American guitarist who emerged from the Pittsburgh suburb of Greensburg and began playing at six. He is best known as co-founder of hard rock supergroup Mr. Big and as the guitarist for heavy metal band Racer X. His first recording was with Racer X’s Street Lethal (1986), followed by the solo album King of Clubs (1998). Over the following decades he released studio and live albums, including Flying Dog (1998), Alligator Farm (2000), Fuzz Universe (2010), Silence Followed by a Deafening Roar (2008) and Behold Electric Guitar (2019), and a 2023 collaboration The Dio Album. The album Wroc followed in February of 2026. Gilbert co‑founded Mr. Big, contributing to the international hit "To Be with You" (1991) that reached Number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and performed with Racer X at the 2009 NAMM Show. His work remains influential in metal and instructional guitar literature.
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