Cory grew up about 45 minutes outside of Tampa, Florida, in a town called Lithia, but he now calls Nashville home. After receiving a business degree from MTSU, he more heavily focused on his career in banjo music. He won the 2014 IBMA Momentum Award for “Instrumentalist of the Year.”
He has shared the stage/studio with countless greats in music, has opened the CMA Fan Fest with his brother Jarrod Walker at Bridgestone Arena, played the Grand Ole Opry dozens of times, appeared on CBS with Keith Urban, ABC with Earl Scruggs, Ricky Skaggs and Kix Brooks as well as Good Morning America. He has worked with Sierra Hull, Ricky Skaggs, Tim