This would have been right after the Blizzard. Kenmore Sq and all of Boston was snow clogged for over a week, the street cars weren't running above ground and the subway stopped at Kenmore. I lived up Comm Ave near the Paradise so I may have been at this show. But 77-83 is a little blurry so your guess is as good as mine. : )
Charlie's after bar time was always a wild scene, although I guess it might have still been a Brigham's at this point, which was a few years before my time.