Redbone magic brewing is a unique and powerful form of magic that has been passed down through generations of the Redbone family. This type of magic has its roots in Southern folklore and draws heavily from African and Native American traditions. The main idea behind Redbone magic brewing is the belief that everything in the natural world, from plants to animals, is connected and has its own spiritual energy. This energy can be harnessed and used to perform various spells and rituals. One of the key aspects of Redbone magic brewing is the use of potions and brews. These concoctions are created by combining various herbs, roots, and other natural ingredients, and are believed to have specific magical properties.

A Magical Journey

It is hard for patrons of Redbone Magic Brewing LLC to believe it now, but Roger Sheppard was not social nor outgoing in his younger days. His wife, Debbie, was the social butterfly, but Roger spent most of his time working with wood and creating illusions of magic. A lot of the things he built were never shared with the public, but he was honing a craft nonetheless.

While he was not outgoing, Roger was an athlete. He played football, basketball, track, tennis and golf. Debbie was a member of the band, a majorette and a cheerleader. They met on the playground of Hooks Junior High School and started dating during the summer of 1969.

The Sheppard clan in 2017: (front row) Knox and Lindsey Pilgreen, Debbie, Kristin and Dane Spencer; (middle row) Logan Pilgreen and Gage Spencer; (back row) Gregg Pilgreen, Roger, and Cody Spencer.

“Growing up in the late ’60s and early ’70s without cell phones, color televisions or computers left you with very little to do,” Roger said. “Communications were very narrow, and fun things to do were limited to school functions and sporting events.”

Roger, the quarterback of the Hooks High School football team, was recruited by many small colleges. “I had narrowed it down to SMU in Dallas and Louisiana Tech in Ruston,” Roger said. “After lots of consideration, I chose Louisiana Tech University.” Debbie joined Roger at Louisiana Tech in 1972. They were married two years later, and welcomed their first daughter, Lindsey, three years after that.

Debbie and Roger were high school and college sweethearts.

After graduation, Roger and Debbie both took coaching jobs in the Texarkana area, and eventually both worked at Hooks ISD so they could ride to work together each day. In 1981, their second daughter, Kristin, was born.

“The first real business we started was called Magic Profits Fundraising,” Roger said. “I had worked for a couple of regional and national fundraising companies that called on schools and organizations. I was importing candy and trinket items for organizations to sell to earn money for various reasons and was using different things to incentivize sales. Eventually, I tried using t-shirts as a motivator to sell more candy, but getting shirts printed was somewhat of a pain back in the early and middle ’80s. So, I looked into printing them myself. I quickly realized that customized mascot shirts were way more popular to sell than candy and toys.

During the summer of 1989, Debbie and Roger took a Royal Caribbean cruise aboard the Emerald Seas with Lindsey and Kristin.

“We started Sports Magic in the Spring of 1987,” Roger recalls. “Our shop and office were in a 640 square foot shop that I had built beside my house in Nash, Texas. After outgrowing that shop, we built a building on Kings Highway in Wake Village. After outgrowing Kings Highway, we purchased a building on South Lake Drive where Sports Magic is still located today. Our sales climbed to $1.5 million in gross sales, and we employed 14 people at the height of our business. We were printing shirts and caps and jackets for 50 or so high schools throughout the Four States area.”

Roger and Debbie’s daughters were both athletic, following in their parents’ footsteps. As Roger explains it, sports played a huge role in their family dynamic. “They were members of a coaching family, so sports became the focus,” he said. “Our relationship became consumed by coaching and watching kids participate. Much of our lives was spent crisscrossing the country watching volleyball, because Lindsey and Kristin both played college volleyball. Since they were four years apart, that meant we spent eight years on the road.”

After their daughters graduated college, each took a different path. Kristin struck out on her own, and Lindsey and her husband, Gregg, came to work with Sports Magic. “They run the business very much like we did with honesty and desire to please the customer,” Roger said. “They are beginning to run the sales numbers back up each month and have developed their own clientele.

“Since Lindsey was running Sports Magic for us, we needed something else to do after 32 years of the t-shirt business,” Roger said. “I began to entertain the idea of opening a brewery in 2017. We started Redbone Magic Brewing in 2018.”

Redbone Magic Brewing, like other endeavors in Roger and Debbie’s life, was carefully planned and researched before opening. “I had spent six years dabbling in the home brewing concept and was enjoying the science behind the method,” Roger explained. Debbie and I jet-setted around the country looking at different concepts that were in towns the size of Texarkana, and ones that were in larger towns like Austin, Dallas and Houston. We really saw an excitement at most every place we visited. I began to talk to the founders and the brewmasters in each different setting and came to the conclusion that we could use this concept to ‘Make Texarkana Fun Again.’

“After years of looking and planning, I began to do the work necessary to get the place open,” Roger said. “I studied books and watched YouTube videos showing how breweries were constructed and began to build in my shop tables and lighting fixtures that would make the place special.”

The place is, in fact, special. Visitors to Redbone not only enjoy a unique setting with one-of-a-kind fixtures, fun decorations, live entertainment on the weekends, but also enjoy being entertained often by Roger’s magic illusions. “We are very humbled at the response from Texarkana and the surrounding area,” Debbie said. “The response has been above expectations. We enjoy seeing our customers and visiting with them each day. I especially love seeing former students and their families come in, because it lets me know how much they still care for their ‘old’ coaches.”

Roger admits that entertaining others has always been important to him and Debbie. Their greatest accomplishment together, businesswise, has been being able to provide others with a fun place to be. “We’re very different from any other establishment in Texarkana,” Roger said. “We’ve used our research and development very wisely and have been able to ‘Make Texarkana Fun Again’ with live music, great food, an awesome atmosphere with friends, family and newcomers. We love meeting people from all over the United States and world; brewcations are a big thing for many people!”

The future is bright for the Sheppards. In 2020, they expect to grow distribution of Redbone’s flagship beers to other restaurants and hope to expand into other markets to host meetings and parties for businesses and individuals. “We want to become the go-to venue for live music and entertainment at Redbone Magic Brewing, and have several cooking contests planned for this year,” Roger said. “We hope to make Texarkana a festival location in the Ark-La-Tex.”

Good Evening TXK September 2023

A home away from home is a location where one does not reside but feels as comfortable as they would in their own abode. When you think of your home away from home, maybe you think of your grandparent’s house. Maybe you think of a rented vacation home on the beach, a timeshare, or a cabin near a lake.

My home is a safe place. It’s where I know without a shadow of a doubt I can completely be myself without regard for what others will think, knowing I will be unconditionally loved by those around me, no matter what I do. So, my home away from home would have to match that same feeling. I feel immensely blessed to have grown up in a wonderful homemade of tough love, prayer, encouragement, and fall-scented candles. I was surrounded by my mom, two younger brothers, and my grandparents, who lived across the street from us my entire adolescence.

When my friend Aubrey introduced me to Ali Deal in 2020, I had no idea I was walking into the place that would become my home away from home. It possessed every important thing on which my own home was built (with the exception of fall-scented candles because, according to Ali, Bath & Body Works candles cause cancer).

I’ve never had a longing to replace my own fabulous mother, but I find comfort in having a collective of adoptive moms. They are strong women who have willingly ushered me into their families and made me feel like I was a part of the fold from the very beginning.

I instantly fell in love with Ali Deal’s family: her husband Cody, who came over to my house to rescue me after an exhausting day at work when my car wouldn’t start; her daughter Rosemary who allows me to experience what it would be like having a crazy little sister; and her sons, John Morris and James, who validate more and more for me every time I see them, I was never meant to be involved in anything involving a football, basketball, or baseball.

Whether we’re curled up on the couch having deep four-hour conversations about God, quoting Real Housewives episodes, baking sugar-free cakes (that disgusts me because I’m a sugar addict), taking Rosemary (who was then a seven-year-old little girl) to Fat Jack’s (a landmark moment for her I’m sure), or making John Morris play Rihanna songs on the piano (because he can play literally anything you ask him to), I know I’m always in for a good time when I pull up to Ali’s house. It’s true even on those days when I’m unknowingly destined for that tough love I adore oh so much. Like the day, I innocently walked in on my lunch break and was informed by Ali it was time to move out of my mom’s house. She made me call THAT day. I did, and I loved every second in my first apartment, and it was all because of Ali. Real friends push you to be your best. They don’t say “yes and amen” to every single thing you say. They tell you what you need to hear.

As absolutely cringe and corny as this is going to sound, I do solemnly believe that friends ARE the family you choose. Yes, I threw up in my mouth writing that sentence, but the sappy sentiment still rings true.

Thank you, Ali, for creating a safe space for me. Thank you for listening to, hearing, teaching, and loving me unconditionally. I hope everyone can experience the warm embrace that comes from hours and hours of laughter shared with people who don’t share your DNA but whose presence will forever feel like home.

Every Tuesday in September
Karaoke with Jessi Dan
67 Landing
6:00 pm-9:00 pm

September 1
Stevie Ray and the Deacon
1923 Banana Club
8:00 pm

September 8
Split Decision
1923 Banana Club
8:00 pm

September 16
Eli Young Band
Perot Theatre
8:00 pm

September 24
CASA Songwriters on the Edge of Texas Concert featuring Stoney LaRue
Northridge Country Club
5:00 pm

September 23
70’s Prom Featuring Robert Saint John Band
Redbone Magic Brewing
7:00 pm

September 28
The Bellamy Brothers
Hempstead Hall
7:00 pm

September 28
Matt Maher & Jon Reddick
Trinity Baptist Church
7:00 pm

September 30
Braxton Keith
Titus County Fair
8:00 pm

Every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday in September
Gateway Farmer’s Market
602 East Jefferson Texarkana, AR
7:00 am-12:00 noon

September 8
Downtown Live!
The Gallery at 1894
6:00-9:00 pm

September 9
TRAHC Gala Unveiling
Texarkana Regional Arts & Humanities Council, Inc.

September 8 -17
78th Annual Four States Livestock Show
Four States Fairgrounds

September 16
28th Annual Ride to Remember
AR Welcome Center
Kickstands up at 2:40 pm

September 16
Friends for a Cause Kickball Tournament
Texarkana Recreational Center
7:30 am

September 17
Tough Kookie Foundation Cancer Support Group Meeting
Oak Street Church Family Life Center
4:00 pm-6:00 pm

September 20
Free Adult Yoga
Southwest Community Center and Park
5:30 pm-6:30 pm

September 27
Engaging Texarkana
Texarkana Convention Center
8:00 am-12:00 noon

September 29-30
Texas High School Class of 1988 High School Reunion

September 30
Comedy Night
1923 Banana Club

September 30
Walk to End Alzheimer’s Texarkana
Spring Lake Park
8:00 am

September 30
15th Annual Tapas and Wine
Collins Home

Ark-La-Tex Live Music – Who’s Playing in Texarkana August 24 – 27?

It's the last weekend of August y'all and the heat continues. Let's take a look at all the live music around Texarkana this weekend. It's Texarkana's live music scene.

Redbone Magic Brewing

Friday: Lane Bricker
Saturday: Moss Brothers Band
Sunday Brunch:

Whiskey River Country

Friday: ??
Saturday: ??

67 Landing

Friday: White Trash Wannabees
Saturday: Ed Bowman and the Rock City Players

Twisted Fork

Friday: Jesse Rawlinson

1923 Banana Club

223 Front St. - Facebook Page
903-824-7674

Thursday: The Piano Man
Friday: Majestic Jazz
Saturday: O'Malley's Prayer

Fat Jacks Oyster and Sports Bar

870-774-5225
3324 N State Line Ave
Facebook

Thursday: Steve Boyster
Friday: Brian Chance
Saturday: Captain Joe Band

La Fogata Bar & Grill

3401 Genoa Rd. Texarkana, AR
870-773-1879
Facebook

Thursday: TJ MacAlexander
Friday: Boss Road Band
Saturday: Dee Bell

Silver Star Smokehouse

5205 W Park Blvd, Texarkana, TX 75503
903-306-0778
Facebook

Saturday: Wyatt Putman

Hopkins Icehouse

Friday: ??
Saturday: ??

The Wild Hare

221 E Broad Street Texarkana, AR
870-773-6076
Facebook

Saturday: NA

Crossties

324 East Broad Street Texarkana, AR
870-774-6134
crosstiestexarkana.com

If you know about other bands playing in and around the Texarkana area, please let us know so we can add them to the list. [email protected]

These concoctions are created by combining various herbs, roots, and other natural ingredients, and are believed to have specific magical properties. **The ability to brew these potions is considered a vital skill for practicing Redbone magic.** Redbone magic brewing also places a heavy emphasis on the power of intention and visualization.

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Practitioners will often spend time meditating and visualizing their desired outcome before performing a spell or ritual. This helps to align their energy with the desired result and increase the potency of their magic. In addition to spellcasting, Redbone magic brewing also includes practices such as divination and energy healing. Divination is the act of seeking guidance or insight through various methods, such as tarot cards or scrying, while energy healing involves restoring balance and harmony to the body and spirit. Overall, Redbone magic brewing is a rich and complex form of magic that combines elements of various cultural traditions. **The central idea behind this practice is the belief in the interconnectedness of all things and the power of harnessing natural energies to create change**. It is a practice that continues to be passed down through generations and is embraced by those who seek a deeper connection to the natural world and the spiritual energies that surround us..

Reviews for "Local Legends: Redbone Magic's Collaboration Brews"

1. John Watson - 2/5 stars - I was really disappointed with the Redbone Magic Brewing. The beer tasted watered down and lacked any depth of flavor. I was expecting something unique and exciting, but it just fell flat for me. The service at the brewery was also quite slow and the prices were way too high. Overall, I wouldn't recommend Redbone Magic Brewing to anyone looking for a quality craft beer experience.

2. Sarah Miller - 1/5 stars - I had such high hopes for Redbone Magic Brewing, but it was a complete letdown. The atmosphere was unpleasant, with noisy crowds and a lack of proper seating. The staff seemed disinterested and did not provide any information about their beers. As for the beer itself, it tasted nothing special; it was just average, run-of-the-mill beer you can find anywhere. I won't be going back to Redbone Magic Brewing anytime soon.

3. Mark Thompson - 2/5 stars - Redbone Magic Brewing was a disappointment for me. The beer selection was limited and the flavors were predictable. They didn't offer anything truly unique or exciting. The service was lackluster, with slow response times and a general disinterest in making the customer feel welcome. The whole experience just left me feeling underwhelmed and unimpressed. I won't be returning to Redbone Magic Brewing in the future.

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