(PressDemocrat) - The two big musical dilemmas leading into Day 1 of BottleRock Napa Valley were:

1. Could two concert promoter newbies — Gabe Meyers and Bog Vogt, who had never staged a music festival together — pull it off?

2. And would Grateful Dead fans, who paid $139 a ticket to see headliner Further (before Further canceled due to Bob Weir's fall on stage in New York two weeks ago) — still be satisfied?

Here's the answer:

It seemed a long hill to climb as Mark Fox, 52, of Sacramento, stood in front of the WillPower stage, where Further would have performed. In his tie-dyed Grateful Dead shirt, he shook his head, “I'm just trying to make the most of it. What can you do?”

At the beginning of the day, replacement rumors were still swirling, the latest claiming that the Rolling Stones were slated to fill the Further gap.