The Oxford Bar of police officers drink there. In "Dirty Work: Ian Rankin and John Rebus Book-By-Book", Ray Dexter and Nadine Carr note that the Oxford Bar would be an improbable local for Rebus due to its geographical location. Other visitors to the bar have included actor Sean Connery and author Colin Dexter. Quintin Jardine's 2009 Bob Skinner novel, "Fatal Last Words", also mentions the Oxford Bar considerably, again due to the connection with the local police force drinking there. There are a few other nods to Rankin too. The Oxford Bar The Oxford Bar is a public house situated on Young Street,
Connection (The Rolling Stones song) was performed many times by NRPS, with Jerry Garcia and Marmaduke Dawson singing. In the book Black and Blue (1997) by Ian Rankin, police inspector John Rebus, upon hearing Montrose's recording of Connection in a bar during a murder investigation, calls it, "one of the very best cover versions of a Stones song". Connection (The Rolling Stones song) "Connection" is a song by British rock and roll band The Rolling Stones, featured on their 1967 album "Between the Buttons". It was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (but mostly Richards), features vocals by both of them and is said