Hi, just an informed guess but..
I think by the time "Have You Ever Seen the Rain" came out that all of the CCR members had come into their own as musicians. According to John's Autobiography although they needed some guidance in the beginning and although John oversaw the arrangements by the time of "Pendulum" (just before Tom left) Stu, Tom and Doug were reportedly jamming together and working on stuff all the time often without John as the relationships became more and more strained. Stu's bass solo on "Born to Move" (from the same album) is obviously the work of a talented bassist who knows how to improv.
You only have to watch the Live clips like Woodstock, RAH and Oakland to see that all of these guys could play and play their butts off!
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