You may have never heard of the Grant Ave. Studio. It's a mainstay of Hamilton, and boasts a pretty impressive array of stars who have recorded there - including Johnny Cash, Brian Eno and Gordon Lightfoot. 

Now the studio that boasted some big names is boasting another milestone - 50 years making some famous music with some equally famous artists. Not to mention well known producer Daniel Lanois. 

"Jamie Tennant, local music aficionado and longtime program director at CFMU, McMaster University’s campus and community radio station, says the studio is itself something of a rolling stone gathering momentum under its own movement over the decades. 

“Grant's an interesting place because everyone kind of wanted to record there because it had this historical element,” Tennant told CBC Hamilton. “Folk people loved the fact that Gordon Lightfoot has been there, that Johnny Cash recorded there… Real music nerds got excited about the Brian Eno angle, him being there working with Dan Lanois. So it just sort of had this bigger than life reputation.”

The studio plans to mark the milestone with a series of events around Steeltown.

Hamilton studio that recorded Gordon Lightfoot, Johnny Cash and many more celebrates 50 years of music