 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.