Mike Glenn of the New Daisy Theater on historic Beale Street has been a generous sponsor and committed supporter of The Blues Foundation since the Foundation’s earliest days. His New Daisy Theater has hosted countless Foundation events, including the 13th Annual Blues Music Awards in 1992, International Blues Challenge finals dating back to when they were just a short, post-King Biscuit Sunday afternoon event up through the recent standing-room only Saturday night marathons. Mike has always opened his club’s doors to assist the Foundation with numerous post-Handy jams and fundraisers of all kind and has always been the go-to guy when the Foundation needed another Beale Street club or two to host the ever-growing IBC semi-finals. What people don’t know about are the times when Mike donated the New Daisy for events without charge or quietly took care of bills when the Foundation was financially struggling. In those times, few people came forward with the sense that The Blues Foundation was worth saving and Mike Glenn was one of them.
