Closing In on the Fire is an album by American country music artist Waylon Jennings, released on the small Ark 21 Records label on June 16, 1998.
The selections include, among others, Sting's "She's Too Good for Me" and Tony Joe White's title track, creating a greater degree of musical eclecticism than in many previous Jennings releases.
The singer incorporated elements of genres such as blues and rock, in addition to traditional country ballads.
"Best Friends of Mine," an autobiographical song, is a tribute to Buddy Holly, Hank Williams Jr. and Jim Garchow (former DJ and longtime voice of the Idaho Falls Chukars) minor league baseball team who was one of Jennings' close friends from Waylon's days in Phoenix.
In an interview[2] the singer mentioned that he wasn't fully satisfied with his take on The Rolling Stones' "No Expectations", calling it "a little more contrived than I would have liked."