Neil Young made an album Zuma because he lived on that beach in Malibu. I never got to there but have been on other beaches near there.
I've been to Alabama's Gulf coast beaches and they are much nicer in my opinion, but not sure if Skynyrd ever sang about them.
That's all I got on this debate, except that I've seen the original Ronnie VanZant Skynyrd twice and Neil Young three times.