Carole Jo Byrd and her husband, Jack Byrd, of Oak Ridge talk with Neal E. Boyd on Sunday at Barnes & Noble Booksellers in Cape Girardeau. Boyd, the winner of last year's "America's Got Talent" and a native of Sikeston, Mo., signed copies of his recently released CD "My American Dream." The Byrds have bought five of Boyd's CDs, giving them as gifts. "I think he is the American Pavarotti," Carole Jo said about Boyd's opera singing.
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