Hello. It’s that time of year once more where long stressful weeks of spending money and preparing for that one so-called special day that most people silently dread. By the time Hogmanay comes along, so much leftover turkey and rich food has been consumed that it’s realistic to expect bird feathers to blast out on your next visit to the toilet. Partially digested sultanas and raisins also pebble-dash the porcelain leaving an additional marzipan blended stench of stale rum in the bathroom air. All ended rather fittingly with a merry tune from the festive annual musical toilet-roll dispenser apportioning what looks like a slightly softer version of wrapping paper to clean yourself up with.
Anyway before we all overwork our unforgiving bowels, OOTB have a Christmas themed evening ahead. As always original material is welcome, maybe you’ve even written a seasonal song for our ears to hear. Cover songs this week are being accepted, as long as they have a Christmas flavour of course. Expect open slots, some guests, drink, music and lots of good fun.
It all starts at 8pm, get there a little earlier if you want to sign up for a stage slot.
OOTB will be taking a break after this event for a few weeks and will return hopefully sobered up by the time Saturday 11th January hits us all.
Be there or be indefinitely subjected to cheap jokes from cheap crackers in holiday hell somewhere…
OOTB 😀
Hello. Featured act this week is the very talented and most legendary Tom Watton. Tom is a songwriter, storyteller and natural-born entertainer. His music has a direct folk influence in harmony with Tom’s unique twist on life. His finger-picking style on guitar along with his confident vocals are energetic and entirely musical. He plays a pretty mean double-bass as well. Never short of a word and a laugh, Tom is guaranteed to entertain any audience. A must see this Saturday that OOTB dare thee not to miss.
Hello. No picture of our featured act this week as I have been unable to find one, apart from the logo you see to the right. To find out what he looks like, then you’ll just have to get the hell down here and check the situation out. Enradgey has played on the OOTB stage several times with his own style of self-penned acoustic blues/rock songs. He’s a gritty performer with a vocal to match and plays a mean harmonica too. All this combined makes for a great performance not to be missed this Saturday at the Kilderkin bar.
Hello. End of this year is upon us and end of OOTB ’til next year, after December’s Christmas bash, is encroaching fast. This week’s featured act can be found at end of Kilderkin bar at end of Edinburgh’s Royal Mile playing to an attentive OOTB audience. End Of Neil is a well seasoned performer playing gigs in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Stirling and beyond. His style evokes a mixture of indie folk and rock, which comes across confidently with his strong finger-picking and strumming style on acoustic guitar alongside the occasional harmonica solo. His unique lyrics and polished vocals take you on a journey where you might discover something as diverse as chimpanzees escaping from a zoo. Intrigued and want to hear more? Then bring yourself and your friends along to back end (sorry) of the Kilderkin for a drink or two and one fine performance. End Of Neil keeps himself busy with recordings too, so here’s a link to his 
Hello. Featured act this week is a duo well up for putting on a fantastic show of music. John D Revelator consists of battle-hardened musicians Johnny Diment and Colin Baird. Tired of playing old country, folk and Bob Dylan songs around Edinburgh, they started playing original songs at the beginning of this year after John’s song “In my loving arms” won a local folk club songwriting competition. Expect guitars, blues harps, mandolins and a very entertaining performance from John D Revelator’s own brand of folk/country/blues original songs. Here’s a link to their music: 
Hello. OOTB have booked yet another great featured act this week. Dave Keir has been songwriting, gigging and recording since his youth. With such experience out there in the world of music, and with some European tours under his belt you can be rest-assured of a top quality performance. Dave’s music has a distinctive folk influence played with a strong finger-picking style on acoustic guitar which he is well recognised for. His vocals carry enchanting melodies with thoughtful deep lyrics which can’t help but draw you into Dave’s cleverly crafted songs.
Hello and all that sort of thing (ting-a-ling). OOTB have booked an incredible and experienced band as this week’s featured act. A New International, formerly The Starlets, are a rather talented group of musicians who have toured across Europe and as far as Japan. Their sound comprises a unique mix of styles drawn from their musical history where vocals, guitars, accordions and violins come in to play. I’ve seen them perform live several times and they never fail to put on a great show. For a far better and in depth description of who they are, visit their website:Â 
Hello all o’ yeez. OOTB have booked a great headline act this week. Ross Neilson has been playing his catchy and memorable songs on the Edinburgh music scene for many years. His back catalogue spans an impressive eleven albums worth of music ranging from hard hitting post punk anthems to more delicate acoustic folk pieces. Now playing completely as a solo acoustic artist, he takes his influences from the likes of Bob Dylan, Elliott Smith, and Tom Petty to name a few.
More thought for food is featured act this week who is a regular performer in Edinburgh going by the name of Dog On A Swing. We are very pleased to have Ed Ritchie play for us at OOTB again. If you haven’t heard him by now, now here is your chance!
Please note that ‘Out Of The Bedroom’ is not a collective society of harsh bottom inspectors who are in the habit of coaxing shy people out of their sleeping quarters for a detailed examination of what goes on between musicians’ legs whenever there’s an Open Slots night. It merely means that there is no featured act this week, so OOTB has more slots up for grabs.(ouch!)