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With an invitation like that I can CERTAINLY find a free day or three! As to the beer or wine question, I am more an "all of the above" sort of guy.

I travel there 4-6 times a year. My next trip is two weeks from today...not sure of your timeline for the move. How about you send me an e-mail so we don't have to bother Chordie with our planning session lol.

This is awesome!

Closed per multiple requests.

What is he playing here? I don't know what the guy looks like and a pic search didn't make it clear to me.

Ain't talking bout love.

chord inversions are helpful for jazz and more technical music but I don't really think they do much for the recreational guitar player. Chord substitutions and extensions are a lot more helpful in my opinion.

Inversions are really helpful for position shifting in solos, so some of it depends upon your goals. What is your objective in learning chord inversions?

Amy is correct. What OS and browser are you using?

Pentatonic just means "5 tones" so any scale of 5 tones is, on paper, a pentatonic.

The scale in questiosn is a c major scale going from G to G or a G mixolydian scale. You can pick any 5 of those notes and make a pentatonic scale out of it. That said, what are you looking to accomplish with the scale you're trying to learn?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominant_seventh_chord

Here are some notes on why you may like it:
1. Moving from the C natural to the C7 adds a Bb. In addition to the Bb adding some bluesy tension to the I chord, the motion from C - Bb - A (the 3 of the F chord) sounds awesome and is an example of good voice leading.

2. Walking from the C to the Am is kind of the same idea. Am (the vi of C) is a closely related chord to the C (the relative minor) but also creates a nifty opportunity for more voice leading via the walking bass line (C - B - A).

3. Instead of just doing the normal I-IV-V blues progression, the composer opts for a very common jazz turnaround called a ii-V. There is a ton of literature on ii-V turnarounds. There are entire songs written on just ii-V turnaround. Here's the wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ii-V-I_turnaround

You could further spice this tune up by playing this at the end:

Dm7   Dm7/G     G7

for that turnaround, which sounds pretty cool in my humble opinion.

I'm forwarding this to a friend of mine who is an awesome theorist..he may contribute.