Buck Owens and the Buckaroos, as well as Merle Haggard and the Strangers, are the most successful artists of the original Bakersfield sound era. The Bakersfield sound crossed over to country rock when embraced by artists such as Gram Parsons of the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers, Poco, the Grateful Dead, Chris Hillman and Creedence Clearwater Revival in the 1960s–70s, and Highway 101, Hillman and the Desert Rose Band and Marty Stuart in the 1980s and '90s. Other notable artists are Big House, Dwight Yoakam, Red Simpson, Ferlin Husky. Dave Alvin, the Derailers, the Mavericks, Dale Watson, and many more in recent decades. Musicians from Bakersfield's musical golden era who are still playing locally include Tommy Hays. Newer local artists who are grounded in the old style, but add rock and roll and blues include Monty Byrom and Chuck Seaton. Bakersfield residents (the late) Slim the Drifter, Rick "Reno" Stevens, Jennifer Keel, Ernest "Ernie" Lewis, Ronnie Smith, Steve Davis and Stampede, the Moosehead Band, the Dooley Brothers, the Wichitas, the Nightlife Band, the Western Connection, the Fruit Tramps, and Johnny Owens (Buck Owens' youngest son) and the Buck Fever Band have also contributed to the new Bakersfield sound.