Emerald Coast Magazine: Christon Birge Flirts with Stardom
In one of his online promo shots, Christon Birge looks every bit the Nashville country boy at home: denim work shirt, Stetson hat, jeans worn ragged through the right knee and threadbare on the left. After the “street-waif” knees, a pair of expensive-looking snakeskin boots prompts a double-take.
When the first question in a recent interview was about those boots, Birge, the youngest of three brothers, knew he was being messed with. His eyes brightened, and he chuckled appreciatively.
“They’re my work boots!” he protested. “I didn’t run out to the boot shop and buy them for the picture. I can show you the soles if you want.”
From the first hello, Christon Birge gives you the feeling that you’re a homeboy and he’s gonna like you. Birge is from Vernon, Florida (pop. 728), the 766th most populated city in the state, where nobody is a stranger and it can be hard to tell the local accents from those in Alabama.