Born in Grove City, Pennsylvania, Kubek grew up in the Dallas, Texas area. In the 1970s during his teen years, he played with the likes of Freddie King and in the 1980s began performing with Louisiana-born singer, Bnois King.
In 1985, Kubek released his first record on Bird Records, a 45 RPM single with the tracks "Driving Sideways" (written by Freddie King and Sonny Thompson) and "Other Side Of Love" (written by Doyle Bramhall, Sr.). The single was executively produced by Clint Birdwell and co-produced by Charley Wirz and Kubek. The two tracks reappeared on Kubek's 2012 album, Let That Right Hand Go, produced by Clint Birdwell and issued on Birdwell's label, Bird Records Texas. The album is a collection of mostly unreleased material recorded since the 1980s (with the 1985 single's track, "Other Side Of Love", entitled "The Other Side Of Love").
In 1991, Kubek released his first full-length album entitled Steppin' Out Texas Style (Bullseye Blues Records) and has since released over a dozen albums on various labels.
He died on Sunday, 2015, October 11, of a heart attack, friends of the Dallas blues guitarist have confirmed.
- Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King-(1991)-Steppin' Out Texas Style
- Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King-(1995)-Cryin' for the Moon
- Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King-(1998)-Take Your Best Shot
- Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King-(2003)-Roadhouse Research
- Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King-(2004)-Show Me the Money
- Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King-(2006)-My Heart's In Texas
- Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King-(2008)-Blood Brothers
- Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King-(2010)-Have Blues, Will Travel
- Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King-(2012)-Close To The Bone
- Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King-(2013)-Road Dog's Life
- Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King-(2015)-Fat Man's Shine Parlor
- Smokin' Joe Kubek Band-(1992)-Chain Smokin' Texas Style
- Smokin' Joe Kubek Band-(1994)-Texas Cadillac
- Smokin' Joe Kubek Band-(1996)-Got My Mind Back
- Smokin' Joe Kubek Band-(2005)-Served Up Texas Style
- Smokin' Joe Kubek-(1991)-The Axe Man
- Smokin' Joe Kubek-(2000)-Bite Me !
