Tom Sykes is a songwriter, musician, writer, and documentarian whose work has been shaped by music, humor, memory, persistence, and the long, strange road of staying with a dream.He has worked across the entertainment business, from music and film to home video, independent production, and his own creative projects. His songs, books, and documentary work all come from the same place: an interest in real stories, wrong turns, second chances, and the things people keep carrying with them.A Long Hard Road is his funny, honest, and hard-earned look back at music, ambition, failure, reinvention, and the stubborn habit of not giving up.